[gridengine users] deciding spool directory location

[Rayson Ho]

You can reference this HOWTO:

http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/howto/nfsreduce.html

You can put everything on NFS, and if the NFS server can't handle the
load, then change the configuration to local spooling instead later
on.

Rayson


On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Wolf, Dale <DWolf2 at bloodsystems.org> wrote:
> We are in the planning phase for the initial installation of grid engine.
> The initial
>
> configuration initially is a single cluster with 30 SLES 11 machines.  This
> number may
>
> grow to as many as 100 SLES 11 servers.
>
>
>
> The Oracle N1 Grid Engine 6 Installation Guide, under sge-root Installation
> Directory,
>
> indicates placing the spool directory under sge-root may be avoided for
> efficiency
>
> reasons.  Later on, under Spool Directories Under the Root Directory, it
> states
>
>
>
> "You do not need to export these directories to other machines. However,
> exporting the entire sge-root tree and making it write-accessible for the
> master host and all executable hosts makes administration easier."
>
>
>
> We are trying to determine where the spool directory should reside based on
> performance
>
> Versus ease of administration.  Can somebody explain how ease of
> administration would
>
> be made easier?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Dale
>
>
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