[torqueusers] Re: timesharing cpus

[Davide Cesari]

Daniel Bourque ha scritto:
> Thanks, I'm curious, what options did you set for your special queue ?
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 

Hi Daniel and the others, of course I should have completed the 
description of my setup:

In .../torque/server_priv/nodes:
frontend:ts
nodo1 np=4
nodo2 np=4
...

actually also frontend node has 4 cpus, but since it is timeshared this 
  should not make any difference and the default np=1 should dissuade 
torque from using it for multi-node parallel jobs.

then I defined the special queue net-disk in the following way:
qmgr -c "create queue net-disk queue_type=execution"
qmgr -c "set queue net-disk started=true"
qmgr -c "set queue net-disk enabled=true"
qmgr -c "set queue net-disk resources_default.walltime=3600"
qmgr -c "set queue net-disk resources_default.neednodes=frontend"

somewhere (I cannot find the place right now) the torque documentation 
says that resources_default.neednodes is used to indicate required node 
properties for the queue, while I verified that it actually indicates 
the nodes (hostnames) to which jobs in the queue can run (I suppose a 
comma-separated list is acceptes too).

	good luck, Davide

> 
> 
> Davide Cesari wrote:
> 
>> I am in a similar situation where I need to allow unlimited jobs to 
>> run on a cluster frontend node and I solved by using the :ts time 
>> sharing definition for the node and by defining a special queue 
>> including only that node, so that qsub -q that_special_queue sends the 
>> job there and the :ts definition allows an indefinite number of jobs 
>> to be running simultaneously. Without defining a special queue I found 
>> no way, in torque, to convince a job to run on a time sharing node, 
>> any other positive experience with :ts?
>>     hope this helps, Davide
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>     I've been looking up and down the archive and manuals, there  
>>> doesn't seem to be "proper" way to run more than 1 job per cpu, other 
>>> than to lie to in the node definition, and to set maui 
>>> "NODECFG[DEFAULT] MAXJOB=100".
>>>
>>>    the :ts in the definition is purely ornamental, made to "flag the 
>>> nodes" in the pbsnodes output and such, according to the pbd admin 
>>> guide.
>>>
>>>     So, is there a proper way to run more than 1 process/job per cpu ?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>  
>>> -- 
>>> Daniel Bourque
>>> Sr. Systems Engineer
>>> WeatherData Service Inc
>>> An Accuweather Company
>>
>>
>>
> 


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