Re: [Condor-users] Asking about priority in condor

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

cyrillus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What is scheduling algorithm used by condor?
> If i have 2 job..
> The first job has high priority and this job require a lot of time to finish.
> The second job has low priority but it just need a little time to finish..
> My question is, when will condor execute the second job?Is condor wait
> until the first job finish?

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/new/publications.html#scheduling

read the '87 paper.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.3/3_4User_Priorities.html
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.3/3_4User_Priorities.html#SECTION00445000000000000000

Do you have more than one cpu? Condor will run them in parallel.

Best,


matt