Thank you, kind Sir! Best, g
-- Gowtham Information Technology Services Michigan Technological University (906) 487/3593 http://www.it.mtu.edu/ On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Reuti wrote: | 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
