Re: [HTCondor-users] Machine allocation - unused machines

[Carsten Aulbert <carsten.aulbert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

On 13.01.21 12:29, Peter Ellevseth wrote:
> I have a question, perhaps mis-informed, but nonetheless. We run a small 
> cluster (approx. 70 cores) for doing CFD and other small jobs. I see 
> that when I submit a batch of jobs, condor will use one machine to full 
> capacity, leaving the other machines in the cluster alone. Wouldn’t it 
> be beneficial to spread the jobs out, with regard to use of memory etc? 
> Is there perhaps some configuration I can set to enable this?

I think this should be the domain of NEGOTIATOR_DEPTH_FIRST[1] also 
briefly discussed in the wiki[2].

However, I wonder why the non-default depth first seems to be in effect 
at your pool.

Cheers

Carsten

[1] 
https://htcondor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin-manual/configuration-macros.html#NEGOTIATOR_DEPTH_FIRST

[2] 
https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/wiki?p=HowToFillPoolDepthFirst

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