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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Backfill is enabled. The higher priority jobs are much shorter in requested walltime (1 hour vs 8). Requested resources in terms of number of nodes in this example/test is the same. <BR>
--Joe<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: George Wm Turner <turnerg@indiana.edu><BR>
To: Greenseid, Joseph M.<BR>
Cc: mauiusers@supercluster.org <mauiusers@supercluster.org><BR>
Sent: Tue Sep 02 16:06:29 2008<BR>
Subject: Re: [Mauiusers] lower priority jobs running first?<BR>
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is backfill enabled and are these small jobs?<BR>
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george wm turner<BR>
high performance systems<BR>
812 855 5156<BR>
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On Sep 2, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Greenseid, Joseph M. wrote:<BR>
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> i have a situation with my setup where i get the following from <BR>
> `diagnose -p`:<BR>
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> diagnosing job priority information (partition: ALL)<BR>
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> Job PRIORITY* Cred(Class) FS(Group) <BR>
> Serv(QTime:XFctr)<BR>
> Weights -------- 1( 1) 500( 1) <BR>
> 1( 1: 100)<BR>
><BR>
> 552 -39900 0.0( 0.0) 99.7(-4000) <BR>
> 0.3( 0.2:100.1)<BR>
> 553 -39900 0.0( 0.0) 99.7(-4000) <BR>
> 0.3( 0.2:100.1)<BR>
> 554 -14899 38.4(25000) 61.4(-4000) <BR>
> 0.2( 0.2:100.4)<BR>
> 555 -14899 38.4(25000) 61.4(-4000) <BR>
> 0.2( 0.2:100.3)<BR>
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> Percent Contribution -------- 23.8( 23.8) 76.0( 76.0) <BR>
> 0.2( 0.0: 0.2)<BR>
> these lower priority (-39900) jobs will always run sooner than the <BR>
> higher priority jobs (-14899). why? why wouldn't higher priority <BR>
> jobs run first?<BR>
><BR>
> thanks,<BR>
> --Joe<BR>
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