Re: [HTCondor-users] negotiator questions

[Greg Thain <gthain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/07/2016 09:02 AM, Krieger, Donald N. wrote:
> On Mar 6, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Krieger, Donald N. <kriegerd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Itâs my understanding that at each pass, the negotiator goes through each queued job to decide whether and which job slot to assign it.

To add a tiny bit to Brian's cogent response, an important part of the 
HTCondor design is that the negotiator doesn't need to be involved for 
every single job execution.

The negotiator gives slots to schedds, which the schedd can re-use to 
run multiple jobs in secession.  When a job completes, and a slot 
becomes free, the schedd immediately tries to reuse that slot (subject 
to some constraints), and may be able to start a new job without the 
intervention of the negotiator.

-greg