Re: [Condor-users] WANT_SUSPEND and SUSPEND

[Balamurali Ananthan <bala@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jason and Mat. That was helpful.  I do have a slightly related 
follow-up question, but I'll post it in a new thread anyways..

Cheers!
.Bala.

Jason Stowe wrote:
> Bala,
>   
> > 1. When does the WANT_SUSPEND expression evaluated by startd?
> >     
> WANT_SUSPEND is evaluated periodically by the startd (see
> POLLING_INTERVAL) in the "Claimed Busy" State/Activity or the "Claimed
> Retiring" State/Activity, to determine whether to SUSPEND or not.
>
>   
> > 2. Suppose WANT_SUSPEND evaluates to TRUE and SUSPEND gets evaluated
> > FALSE. What happens then?
> >     
> The job isn't suspended, and continues in either the "Busy" or
> "Retiring" States.
>
>   
> > Also what is the true need to have two SUSPEND expressions? Wouldn't
> > just one expression suffice?
> >     
> The WANT_SUSPEND determines whether or not the SUSPEND expression is
> evaluated. For example, in some cases you might want to move right to
> PREEMPT. The SUSPEND expression determines whether or not the job
> should be suspended.
>
> Good luck, I hope this helps!
> Jason
>
>
>   


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