Am 11.11.2014 um 06:37 schrieb Christopher Heiny:

> Hi all,
> 
> We're running OGS 2011.11p1, with a 1:1 slot:core mapping.  We mostly run 
> submit single threaded array jobs, one slot per task.  We now want to 
> multi-thread some of the programs in order to speed up processing, but need a 
> way to allocate <n> slots to an <n> threaded task.
> 
> The first idea was to use a parallel environment to manage this, but since 
> the jobs are all with script (rather than a binary), we got bitten by this 
> bug:
>    http://gridengine.org/pipermail/dev/2011-December/000081.html

Nevertheless you can submit the jobscript as binary, it might be necessary to 
specify the complete path to the script though.

--  Reuti


> Unfortunately, patching/updating the GE software is not an option at the 
> moment.  We've got to wait a few months for that, and in the meantime we need 
> a workaround for slot allocation.
> 
> Currently, I'm thinking of using a consumable equal to the number of 
> slots/cores on a machine to control allocation.  I *think* this will work OK 
> as an interim solution.  What I was wondering was: has anyone encountered a 
> similar situation?  Did you use this trick to work around it?  Or is there a 
> better workaround?
> 
>                               Thanks very much!
>                                       Chris
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