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Commit ab4435a0 authored by Moe Jette's avatar Moe Jette
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clarify use of SchedulerParameters value of "defer"

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......@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ The record of jobs run will be preserved in accounting records and logs.
The default value is 300 seconds. The value should be reduced to a few
seconds if possible.</li>
<li><b>SchedulerParameters</b>:
Set an option of <b>defer_sched</b> to avoid trying to schedule each job
individually at job submit time. SLURM will attempt to schedule all jobs
periodically for improved performance.</li>
Setting option <b>defer</b> will avoid attempting to schedule each job
individually at job submit time, but defer it until a later time when
scheduling multiple jobs simultaneously may be possible.
This option may improve system responsiveness when large numbers of jobs
(many hundreds) are submitted at the same time, but it will delay the
initiation time of individual jobs.</li>
<li><b>SlurmctldPort</b>:
It is desirable to configure the <b>slurmctld</b> daemon to accept incoming
messages on more than one port in order to avoid having incoming messages
......@@ -85,6 +88,6 @@ numbers of simultaneous requests are to be supported.</li>
appropriate for your environment.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 22 June 2010</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 24 June 2010</p>
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......@@ -1313,9 +1313,12 @@ Multiple options may be comma separated.
.RS
.TP
\fBdefer\fR
Do not attempt to schedule the job when submitted, but defer it until a
later time. This option can improve system responsiveness when large numbers
of jobs (many hundreds) are submitted at the same time.
Setting this option will avoid attempting to schedule each job
individually at job submit time, but defer it until a later time when
scheduling multiple jobs simultaneously may be possible.
This option may improve system responsiveness when large numbers of jobs
(many hundreds) are submitted at the same time, but it will delay the
initiation time of individual jobs.
.TP
\fBinterval=#\fR
The number of seconds between iterations.
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