[torqueusers] resources_max / resources_min

[Garrick Staples]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 08:23:41PM +0300, Roman Zubatyuk alleged:
> Many thanks for reply. However, I did not figured out what does
> `nodect` means. `man pbs_resources` says nothing about this.
> 
> I created a test queue with nodect attributes:
> 
> Queue: TEST
>     queue_type = Execution
>     max_user_queuable = 1
>     total_jobs = 0
>     state_count = Transit:0 Queued:0 Held:0 Waiting:0 Running:0 Exiting:0
>     max_running = 1
>     acl_host_enable = False
>     acl_hosts = compute-0-9,compute-0-8,compute-0-7,compute-0-6,compute-0-5,
>         compute-0-14,compute-0-4,compute-0-13,compute-0-3,compute-0-12,
>         compute-0-2,compute-0-11,compute-0-1,compute-0-10,compute-0-0
>     resources_max.nodect = 1
>     resources_max.nodes = 1
>     resources_max.pmem = 1800mb
>     resources_max.walltime = 400:00:00
>     resources_min.nodect = 1
>     resources_min.nodes = 1
>     resources_default.nodect = 1
>     resources_default.nodes = 1
>     mtime = 1213290507
>     resources_available.nodect = 1
>     max_user_run = 1
>     enabled = True
>     started = True

Looks like you figured out what `nodect` is.

Btw, default/available nodect is meaningless just like the max/min nodes.

 
> But jobs are fail to start. Maui says:
> job cannot run in partition DEFAULT (idle procs do not meet
> requirements : 0 of 1 procs found)

That's a Maui error, not related to your queue limits in Torque.

 
> My goal is to restrict jobs in selected queues to `nodes=N:ppn=M` ,
> not just to MxN procs on any number of nodes. Can I do this with
> `nodect` ?

Not in Torque, perhaps in Maui.
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