AW: AW: [GE users] Scheduling

[Andy Schwierskott]

Mark,

job_load_adjustments are applied after a job has been dispatched.

So the first job should go into the queue, but not a seconds one immediately
after.

>From SGE 5.3p3 you see SGE's internal bookkepping when a queue is in
(virtual) alarm state with

   # qstat -j

It shows the real load and the job_load_adjustments what the scheduler used
in the last scheduling run.


Andy


On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Olesen, Mark wrote:

> More scheduling woes ...
>
> I am now completely confused about how the scheduler is supposed to work.
> In accordance with sched_conf(5), I had assumed that the queues'
> "load_thresholds" would be considered during scheduling, but I'm seeing
> *somewhat* different behaviour.
>
> For all my queues, I've set
>   load_thresholds      np_load_avg=1.2
>
> As previously mentioned, I am sorting by seqno:
>   algorithm                  default
>   schedule_interval          0:0:15
>   maxujobs                   0
>   queue_sort_method          seqno
>   user_sort                  true
>   job_load_adjustments       np_load_avg=0.5
>   load_adjustment_decay_time 0:7:30
>   load_formula               np_load_avg
>   schedd_job_info            true
>
>
> The next queue in the sequence with any free slots has load_avg=2.05, or
> np_load_avg=1.03
>
> I would imagine that the scheduler predicts a new np_load_avg=1.53 (current
> + joad_load_adjustments). Since this predicted load is above the queue load
> threshold, I would not expect a new job to start on this queue.
> Contrary to my expectations, a new job does indeed get sent to this queue.
>
> What other tricks do I need in order to coerce the scheduler to respect the
> load thresholds?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Dr. Mark Olesen
> Thermofluid Dynamics Analyst
> ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems
> Zeuna Staerker GmbH & Co. KG
> Biberbachstr. 9
> D-86154 Augsburg, GERMANY
> tel: +49 (821) 4103 - 862
> fax: +49 (821) 4103 - 7862
> Mark.Olesen at ArvinMeritor.com

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