[gridengine users] "Packing" jobs on nodes v2

[iqtcub]

Hi Mark,

On 05/15/2012 03:02 PM, Mark Dixon wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2012, iqtcub wrote:
> ...
>>> I don't know if I've missed anything myself but, in the past, I've
>>> found that this (queue_sort_method seqno, job_load_adjustments NONE,
>>> etc.) doesn't always work with PEs unless you specify a different
>>> seq_no for each queue instance. You might want to give that a go.
> ...
>> Regarding the option you mentioned, we want to do it using only one
>> queue, which is what we have at the moment(they don't like to limit the
>> runtime of the jobs).
> ...
>
> Yes, one queue - but each host in that queue has what is termed a 
> queue instance.
>
> (e.g. v20z.q = queue, v20z.q at hostname = queue instance).
>
> You can assign them different seq_no's with something like:
>
>   qconf -mattr queue seq_no 100 v20z.q at host1
>   qconf -mattr queue seq_no 101 v20z.q at host2
>
> Take a look at the output of "qconf -sq v20z.q" to see what effect 
> this had.
>
> Mark
>
> PS v20z? I liked them, but for some reason I always ended up bleeding 
> slightly from my right hand index finger whenever I took the lids off.
>

Thanks for the explanation, i read about these options in older mails 
but didn't seem to find how to do this exactly.

I've tested it and it works the way we want.

Thanks!