Hi, Am 13.06.2012 um 22:27 schrieb Gowtham:
> I have been reading about the halftime parameter > in scheduler configuration (qconf -ssconf) and > I understand that the value of this parameter > decides "how fast the grid engine system forgets > the information about user's consumption of > resources". > > Also, I understand that that smaller value of > halftime implies that the system quickly forgets > user's consumption and as such, reduces the impact > of such (over/under) consumption. > > I have the following questions: > > 1. From 'qconf -ssconf', I see that halflife > has a value of 168 - is this in hours, days? please have a look at `man sched_conf`. > If hours (or days), does this begin at a certain > time every week/month/year or is this a rolling > value (meaning, past 168 units of time)? > > 2. If I have a 'public usage cluster' and want > to make sure my users get a fair share of > resources (no one is more special than anyone, > since none of them shared the $$ of building > this cluster) over a period 1 year, what should > be a practical value of halflife parameter? One year is long. I would start with one or two months. > 3. In spite of this being a 'public usage cluster', > suppose that I want to reward users who consistently > use the facility for (meaningful) computations, > compared to those who use it when they feel like it. > > For e.g., Tom and Harry both use it for the exact > same duration in the month of June; > then Tom goes away to lala land for vacation in > July while Harry continues to use the system at > the same consistent rate; > When Tom and Harry both submit a bunch of jobs in > August, I'd like Harry's jobs to have higher priority > than Tom's. Same man page: "compensation_factor". -- Reuti > What changes do I need to make to make this scenario > happen? > > > It'd be great if you could please point me to some resources > that I can use to learn these things. Thank you for your > time and help. > > Best, > g > > -- > Gowtham > Information Technology Services > Michigan Technological University > > (906) 487/3593 > http://www.it.mtu.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
