[Mauiusers] node allocation order

[Gus Correa]

Abhishek Gupta wrote:
> Let me ask my question in more detail.
> We want only a certain group to use node 1-7 and so if there is any job 
> submitted, it should first look into remaining nodes, and then in case 
> all the remaining nodes( other than 1-7 ) are in use, jobs can run on 
> 1-7 by the other users too.
> nodes 1-7 are also different from rest of the nodes in terms of 
> processors and other resources.
> Could anyone suggest me know what would be the right approach to achieve 
> that?
> Thanks,
> Abhi.
> 
Hi Abhishek

We don't use this here, but you may be able to reach your goal
with quality of service, partitions, or advance reservations:
http://www.clusterresources.com/products/maui/docs/7.0controllingresourceaccess.shtml

I think there are postings on the archives about this subject.
A search there may help.
http://www.clusterresources.com/pipermail/mauiusers/

Gus Correa

> Gus Correa wrote:
>> Abhishek Gupta wrote:
>>> H,
>>> Can anyone tell me what is the order of node allocation? My node 
>>> lists from 1-70 when scheduler has to allocate a node, it starts from 
>>> bottom or top of the list? Can I change the order using any attribute?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Abhi.
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>> I guess Torque picks the nodes in the reverse order they are listed.
>> You may list your nodes backwards order in
>> the wherever_torque_is_on_the_sever/nodes file.
>>
>> Gus Correa
>>
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