Re: [Condor-users] STARTD-based memory limit

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Derek Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Take a look at the WANT_HOLD documentation in condor: 
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.5/3_3Configuration.html#SECTION004310000000000000000
>
>
> It has a good example of a startd policy for holding jobs.  You can
> easily modify this to just preempt, or whatever policy you would
> like.
>
> I believe the startd evaluates these attributes much more frequently
> than classad updates to schedd.

True.

FWIW, I updated the HOWTO on the wikie regarding How To Limit Memory 
Usage with the above wisdom.  See
  https://condor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/wiki?p=HowToLimitMemoryUsage

thanks
Todd