[Condor-users] Defusing a Condor bomb?

[Chris Green <greenc@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

So I have a cluster of about 80 nodes, with file access for users spread 
over a handful of servers. I monitor the load on each server and don't let 
a user's job start if his server's load is too high (everyone uses a 
central submission script so requirements get added to the .cmd file). The 
problem is, if a user submits a bunch of jobs to an almost empty queue, 
they could all start running (and bring the server to its knees) before 
the load monitor notices. Is there some way to throttle the frequency at 
which jobs from the same user start executing to prevent this happening?

Thanks,
Chris.

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