[Condor-users] A little more information on FetchWorkDelay

[Ian Chesal <ICHESAL@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm scratching my head reading the documentation for FetchWorkDelay in
4.4.1.3 (the Index link is, incidentally, incorrect -- it says 4.4.1.1).
The docs say:

        For example, a very common configuration would be to always wait
5 minutes
        (300 seconds) between attempts to fetch work, unless the slot is
Claimed/Idle,
        in which case the condor_startd should fetch immediately:

        FetchWorkDelay = ifThenElse(State == "Claimed" && Activity ==
"Idle", 0, 300)

I think I need a better explanation of the states of a startd when hooks
are in use. I would have expected that if a slot was Unclaimed/Idle
you'd want to run the Fetch Work Hook right away. But Claimed/Idle --
that's odd. Does that mean the startd puts the slot in the Claimed/Idle
state right before it tries to fetch work for the slot with the hook?
And that it doesn't return it to Unclaimed/Idle?

Does Fetch Work Hook get called even if the slot is in the Owner state?
What about Claimed/Running?

Thanks!

- Ian

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