Bogdan Costescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For example, if the queue is limited to 24h maximum runtime and they > would set 24h as their requirement, thinking that it would certainly > cover what they want and the job would not run anyway longer than > that, as it would be killed by the scheduler.
We do advance reservation with backfill, so short jobs will on average start sooner than long jobs. We find that this is sufficient motivation for the users to at least try to set reasonable walltime values. -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf