[Condor-users] How to tweak the NEGOTIATOR_CYCLE_DELAY

["Vincent Tollu" <vincent.tollu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Pretty new in grid processing, I'm currently making some tests with Condor. Having a bunch of really small jobs (a few seconds only) to run, I'm facing what seems a uncompressible delay of 20 seconds for my jobs.
    
Lurking around, I concluded I might have to tweak the NEGOTIATOR_CYCLE_DELAY variable.

But so far I face some problems to do this. My negotiator daemon lies on a windows XP box, and I added the following line in my C:\condor\condor_config file:
    
NEGOTIATOR_CYCLE_DELAY = 10

Unfortunately, on restarting the Condor service, the negotiator log seems not to take into account this parameter (see an excerpt from NegotiatorLog below).

I'm running CONDOR 
6.8.5 on a windows XPSP2 server.

Any hints on how to tweak this negotiator delay would really be welcomed.

Thanks,
Vincent

7/16 10:00:25 **** condor_negotiator.exe (condor_NEGOTIATOR) EXITING WITH STATUS 0
7/16 10:00:31 ******************************************************
7/16 10:00:31 ** condor_negotiator.exe (CONDOR_NEGOTIATOR) STARTING UP
7/16 10:00:31 ** C:\condor\bin\condor_negotiator.exe
7/16 10:00:31 ** $CondorVersion: 
6.8.5 May 17 2007 $
7/16 10:00:31 ** $CondorPlatform: INTEL-WINNT50 $
7/16 10:00:31 ** PID = 420
7/16 10:00:31 ** Log last touched 7/16 10:00:25
7/16 10:00:31 ******************************************************
7/16 10:00:31 Using config source: C:\condor\condor_config
7/16 10:00:31 Using local config sources: 
7/16 10:00:31    C:\condor/condor_config.local
7/16 10:00:31 DaemonCore: Command Socket at <
192.0.14.18:1311>
7/16 10:00:31 ACCOUNTANT_HOST = None (local)
7/16 10:00:31 NEGOTIATOR_INTERVAL = 300 sec
7/16 10:00:31 NEGOTIATOR_TIMEOUT = 30 sec
7/16 10:00:31 MAX_TIME_PER_SUBMITTER = 31536000 sec
7/16 10:00:31 MAX_TIME_PER_PIESPIN = 31536000 sec
7/16 10:00:31 PREEMPTION_REQUIREMENTS = ( (CurrentTime - EnteredCurrentState) > (1 * (60 * 60)) && RemoteUserPrio > SubmittorPrio * 1.2 ) || (MY.NiceUser == True)
7/16 10:00:31 PREEMPTION_RANK = (RemoteUserPrio * 1000000) - TARGET.ImageSize
7/16 10:00:31 NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK = RemoteOwner =?= UNDEFINED
7/16 10:00:31 NEGOTIATOR_POST_JOB_RANK = None
7/16 10:00:31 Warning: attempting to compare null hostnames in same_host.
7/16 10:00:31 ---------- Started Negotiation Cycle ----------