Yes, that is correct. Quoting Bjørn-Helge Mevik <[email protected]>:
> > (We're running slurm 2.5.7.) > > We have set up the topology plugin on our cluster. I have a question > about the semantics of the --switches option and max_switch_wait > setting. > > My interpretation is that > > - Slurm will first try to place a job on 1 switch, if that can be done > without delaying the job start. If not, it will place it on more than > one switch. > > - If a job specifies --switches=num@delay, slurm will not place the job > on more than "num" switches, unless that would delay the job more than > "delay". > > - The max_switch_wait setting is the maximum value a job can specify for > "delay". So in order for allowing users to specify a delay of, say, > 12 hours, one must set max_switch_wait in slurm.conf to something as > large as 12 hours. > > Is this the right interpretation? > > -- > Regards, > Bjørn-Helge Mevik, dr. scient, > Department for Research Computing, University of Oslo
