Re: [Condor-users] RANK certain attributes

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

I got this out of one of the presentations that is on the
condor site.  they have several tutorials.

Steve


On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Mag Gam wrote:

> Steve,
> Thanks for this tip. I hope we document this on the NMI wiki or the manual.
>
> I will add "Department" to STARTD_ATTRS . I have preemption off
> therefore I don't have to worry about it.
>
>
> Basically, your rank statement is saying:
>
> RANK=(ifThenElse(isUndefined(Target.Department),0,ifThenElse(Target.Department=="Chemistry",1000,0)
>
> If Department is undefined the rank will be 0. Meaning everyone has
> the same fair rank.
> Else If department is defined then chemistry has 1000 of a better
> chance than other departments
>
> Correct?
>
> Is there an easier way to rewrite this statement :-) It looks
> complicated for newbie condor admins.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Mag Gam wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to place a RANK statement so condor prefers a certain
> > > department?
> > >
> > > For example, if I want to have
> > > Chemistry department to have a higher priority?
> > >
> > > In my Submit file I usually do:
> > > +Department="Chemistry"
> > Yes, but you have to add Department to STARTD_ATTRS in the config
> > file in order to get it considered by the negotiator in calculating
> > the rank.  Also you have to allow for the fact that DEPARTMENT
> > might not always be defined.
> >
> > RANK=(ifThenElse(isUndefined(Target.Department),0,ifThenElse(Target.Department=="Chemistry",1000,0)
> >
> > Be aware that doing it with the RANK statement can result in
> > jobs of other non-chemistry departments being pre-empted to make
> > room for yours.  You could also define an
> > +AccountingGroup=chemistry.myusername
> > and then define GROUP_QUOTA_chemistry=nnn and/or
> > GROUP_PRIO_FACTOR_chemistry=nnn
> >
> > Steve Timm
> >
> >
> > > Any thoughts?
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