[torqueusers] Resources_List.ncpus & resources_assigned.ncpus meaning

[Emir Imamagic]

Hi,

I'm using Maui 3.2.6p13 and torque_1.2.0p4 on dual processor cluster. I've 
tried to find exact meaning of ncpus field but didn't find consistent 
definiton.

Does it mean:
- total amount of cpus allocated to a job, or
- amount of cpus allocated to a job on a single node?

Furthermore, test in practice shown that none of these definition are 
correct. I adjusted nodes $PBS_HOME/server_priv/nodes so the nodes have 4 
cpus, and submitted two jobs:
- first demanding nodes=1:ppn=3, and
- second demanding nodes=1:ppn=2.

Command qstat -f reported for both of them:
...
Resource_List.ncpus = 1
Resource_List.nodect = 1
...

Command qstat -fQ reported that 2 cpus are occupied by the jobs in that 
queue:
...
resources_assigned.ncpus = 2
resources_assigned.nodect = 2
...


I also tried setting ncpus explicity and the the values reported 
correctly, but I only got one cpu allocated (in PBS_NODEFILE). 
Furthermore, I found in previous mails, that this is not a preffered way 
of allocating nodes for clusters and that one should use -l nodes=*:ppn=* 
instead.


Is this normal behaviour?

If yes, is there some way to get number of cpus allocated to the jobs in 
a queue (beside from calling qstat -f and parsing nodes=*:ppn=* and 
queue=* for each job)?


Thanks in advance,
Emir Imamagic
University Computing Centre