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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Other than backfilling, in what situation(s) should Maui run jobs out of priority order? </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mauiusers-bounces@supercluster.org on behalf of Greenseid, Joseph M.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 9/2/2008 5:12 PM<BR><B>To:</B> turnerg@indiana.edu<BR><B>Cc:</B> mauiusers@supercluster.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mauiusers] lower priority jobs running first?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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><BR><BR>----- 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><BR>is backfill enabled and are these small jobs?<BR><BR>george wm turner<BR>high performance systems<BR>812 855 5156<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Sep 2, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Greenseid, Joseph M. wrote:<BR><BR>> i have a situation with my setup where i get the following from <BR>> `diagnose -p`:<BR>><BR>> diagnosing job priority information (partition: ALL)<BR>><BR>> 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>><BR>> 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>> _______________________________________________<BR>> mauiusers mailing list<BR>> mauiusers@supercluster.org<BR>> <A href="http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers">http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers</A><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>