Thanks, but my 8GB nodes are listed first. The server_priv/nodes file format is:
node25 np=4 node26 np=4 ... node32 np=4 node33 np=8 ... node40 np=8 With the node33 and higher having 24GB. -Shawn On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Steve Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I'm not sure about NODEALLOCATIONPOLICY since I have mine set to > PRIORITY. But I did wonder how you had your nodes listed in the torque > server_priv/nodes file. I'd make sure that the 8Gb nodes were listed first > before the 24Gb nodes. Just a thought. Hope it helps. > > -Steve > > On Jan 5, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Shawn Poindexter wrote: > > Our cluster has 8 nodes with 8GB of RAM and 8 nodes with 24GB of RAM. I > want to set it up so that the jobs will default to the 8GB nodes if the > resources are adequate. However, it is not working that way. Even if the > queue is completely empty the jobs fill up the 24GB nodes before the 8GB > nodes. As I understand it, NODEALLOCATIONPOLICY MINRESOUCE should do what I > want and fill the 8GB nodes first with the small memory jobs. > > Here is my maui.cfg > > # maui.cfg 3.2.6p13 > > SERVERHOST arjuna.mps.ohio-state.edu > # primary admin must be first in list > ADMIN1 root > > # Resource Manager Definition > > RMCFG[**host name removed***] TYPE=PBS > > # Allocation Manager Definition > > AMCFG[bank] TYPE=NONE > > # full parameter docs at > http://clusterresources.com/mauidocs/a.fparameters.html > # use the 'schedctl -l' command to display current configuration > > RMPOLLINTERVAL 00:00:30 > > SERVERPORT 42559 > SERVERMODE NORMAL > > # Admin: http://clusterresources.com/mauidocs/a.esecurity.html > > LOGFILE maui.log > LOGFILEMAXSIZE 10000000 > LOGLEVEL 3 > > # Job Priority: > http://clusterresources.com/mauidocs/5.1jobprioritization.html > > QUEUETIMEWEIGHT 1 > > # Backfill: http://clusterresources.com/mauidocs/8.2backfill.html > > BACKFILLPOLICY FIRSTFIT > RESERVATIONPOLICY CURRENTHIGHEST > > # Node Allocation: > http://clusterresources.com/mauidocs/5.2nodeallocation.html > > NODEALLOCATIONPOLICY MINRESOURCE > > > _______________________________________________ > mauiusers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers > > >
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