Hi Lance, Does maui locate appropriate nodes if you specify: -l procs=24,vmem=29600mb ? That's what I'd do. It will not limit the memory per process (loosely speaking) but the main problem is which nodes are allocated.
Gareth > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance Westerhoff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2011 2:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mauiusers] torque/maui disregarding pmem with procs > > > Hello all- > > (I sent this email to the torque list, but I'm wondering if it might be > a maui problem). > > We are trying to use procs= and pmem= on an 18 node (152core) cluster > with nodes of various memory size. pbsnodes shows the correct memory > complement for each node, so apparently PBS is getting the right specs > (see the output of pbsnodes below for more information). If we use the > following settings in the PBS script, invariably torque/maui will try > to fill up the all 8 of the 8 cores of each node. That is even though > there is nowhere near enough memory on any of these nodes for > 8*3700mb=29600mb. Considering the physical memory limit goes from 8GB > to 24GB depending upon the node, this is just taking down nodes left > and right. > > Below I have provided a small example along with the associated output. > I also provided the output for pbsnodes in case there is something I am > missing here. > > Thanks for your help! -Lance > > torque version: tried 2.5.4, 2.5.8, and 3.0.2 - all exhibit the same > problem. > maui version: 3.2.6p21 (also tried maui 3.3.1 but it is a complete fail > in terms of the procs option and it only asks for a single CPU) > > $ cat tmp.pbs > #!/bin/bash > #PBS -S /bin/bash > #PBS -l procs=24 > #PBS -l pmem=3700mb > #PBS -l walltime=6:00:00 > #PBS -j oe > > cat $PBS_NODEFILE > > $ qsub tmp.pbs > 337003.XXXX > $ wc -l tmp.pbs.o337003 > 24 tmp.pbs.o337003 > $ cat tmp.pbs.o337003 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-14 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-15 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > compute-0-16 > > $ pbsnodes -a > compute-0-16 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219085,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=1834011936,gres=,l > oadave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=8177300kb,availmem=10095652kb,totmem=102255 > 76kb,idletime=5582,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-16.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-15 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=700017694,gres=,lo > adave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=8177300kb,availmem=10150996kb,totmem=1022557 > 6kb,idletime=5606,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-15.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-14 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=1003164957,gres=,l > oadave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=8177300kb,availmem=10131180kb,totmem=102255 > 76kb,idletime=5615,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-14.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-13 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=1173266470,gres=,l > oadave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=8177300kb,availmem=10132104kb,totmem=102255 > 76kb,idletime=5637,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-13.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-12 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=3991477,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14276448kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5604,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-12.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-11 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2947879,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14274604kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5588,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-11.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-9 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=3721396,gres=,load > ave=0.05,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14253816kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5660,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-9.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-8 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2934478,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14254796kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5675,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-8.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-7 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2909406,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14254812kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5489,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-7.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-6 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2936791,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14275644kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5748,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-6.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-5 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2966183,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=14276260kb,totmem=14350232 > kb,idletime=5695,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-5.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-4 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2886627,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=16438900kb,availmem=18412332kb,totmem=18487176 > kb,idletime=5634,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-4.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-3 > state = free > np = 8 > properties = lustre > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219108,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=436527254,gres=,lo > adave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=24688212kb,availmem=26636656kb,totmem=267364 > 88kb,idletime=2224,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-3.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-2 > state = free > np = 8 > properties = lustre > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219106,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=1184385,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=24688212kb,availmem=26659668kb,totmem=26736488 > kb,idletime=2223,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-2.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-1 > state = free > np = 8 > properties = lustre > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219102,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=1258074,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=24688212kb,availmem=26657304kb,totmem=26736488 > kb,idletime=2228,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-1.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-0 > state = free > np = 8 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=3416356,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=24688212kb,availmem=26635624kb,totmem=26736488 > kb,idletime=5603,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-0.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-10 > state = free > np = 2 > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=283846193,gres=,lo > adave=0.23,ncpus=8,physmem=12301956kb,availmem=13762696kb,totmem=143502 > 32kb,idletime=5622,nusers=1,nsessions=1,sessions=3410,uname=Linux > compute-0-10.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > compute-0-17 > state = free > np = 8 > properties = testbox > ntype = cluster > status = > rectime=1319219090,varattr=,jobs=,state=free,netload=2948331,gres=,load > ave=0.00,ncpus=8,physmem=8177300kb,availmem=10144432kb,totmem=10225576k > b,idletime=5558,nusers=0,nsessions=? 0,sessions=? 0,uname=Linux > compute-0-17.local 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Oct 20 16:21:01 EDT > 2011 x86_64,opsys=linux > gpus = 0 > > _______________________________________________ mauiusers mailing list [email protected] http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers
