On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 03:21:43PM -0500, Michael Homa alleged: > The only place I figure it may come from is the torque configuration > for the dedicated queue: > > resources_max.ncpus = 6 > > But my understand from reading the queue configuration guide (and feel > free to tell me I'm full of crap) is that resources_max.ncpus is the > maximum number of processors a single job can request in the queue and not > the default number of processors allocated per job if the user does not > include "-l node" argument.
Yes, max becames the request in the absense of a request. ncpus doesn't mix with nodes. Unset that from your configuration. > > > The dedicated queue has three dual CPU, dual cores and was established in > > > torque: > > > > > > argo17-1 np=4 Linux2.i86pc dualcore amd smp dedicated > > > argo18-2 np=4 Linux2.i86pc dualcore amd smp dedicated > > > argo18-3 np=4 Linux2.i86pc dualcore amd smp dedicated > > I've always wanted to ask this question. Does the np refer to "real, > physical processors" or does it refer to the total number of cores? > If the former, then argo17-1 should be: > argo17-1 np=2:ppn=2 Linux2.i86pc dualcore amd smp dedicated > > If the latter, then: > argo17-1 np=4 Linux2.i86pc dualcore amd smp dedicated > is correct It is the number of cores. -- Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin University of Southern California Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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