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expand description of backfill scheduling issues in FAQ

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<p><a name="backfill"><b>7. Why is the SLURM backfill scheduler not starting my job? <p><a name="backfill"><b>7. Why is the SLURM backfill scheduler not starting my job?
</b></a><br> </b></a><br>
There are significant limitations in the current backfill scheduler plugin. The most common problem is failing to set job time limits. If all jobs have
the same time limit (for example the partition's time limit), then backfill
will not be effective. Note that partitions can have both default and maximum
time limits, which can be helpful in configuring a system for effective
backfill scheduling.</p>
<p>In addition, there are significant limitations in the current backfill
scheduler plugin.
It was designed to perform backfill node scheduling for a homogeneous cluster. It was designed to perform backfill node scheduling for a homogeneous cluster.
It does not manage scheduling on individual processors (or other consumable It does not manage scheduling on individual processors (or other consumable
resources). It does not update the required or excluded node list of resources). It does not update the required or excluded node list of
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<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 29 December 2010</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 6 January 2011</p>
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