Re: [Condor-users] Order of selection of machines in condor pool

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When there are no preferences at all, Condor gives out matches in no
> defined order. (And we'll never put anything by default in, because we
> have no idea what's best. Should we prefer fast machines to slow machines?
> Should we prefer "dedicated" to "desktop" machines? More RAM versus
> less RAM? Too many options...)
>
> Instead, we punted to the user. Check out NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK:
>
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/3_3Configuration.html#SECTION004316000000000000000
>
> It lets you sort the list of machines that a job matches with. 

Minor note: the NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK is a higher-priority sort key 
than the rank specified by the user in the job ClassAd.  That means, the 
user's specification of rank (if any) only gets to break the tie for the 
top machines selected by NEGOTIATOR_PRE_JOB_RANK.  If instead you want 
the user's rank specification to be primary and the "default" rank to be 
secondary, then you want to use NEGOTIATOR_POST_JOB_RANK.

--Dan Bradley