Le mercredi 4 octobre 2023 à 06:03, Kratz, Zach <zkr...@clarku.edu> a écrit :
> We use an interactive node that will randomly select from our list of > computing nodes to complete the job. We would like to find a way to select > from our list of old nodes first, before using the newer ones. We tried using > weight and assigned each of the old nodes a lower weight than the new nodes, > but in testing the new nodes were still assigned, even if the old nodes were > available. Unless confidential, can you show the configuration Node and Partition configuration lines you have tested unsuccessfully? > Is there any way to configure this in the line that configures the > interactive node in slurm.conf, for example: > > PartitionName=interactive-cpu Nodes=node[1-17] weight =10 node[18-24] > weight=50 Mind that Weight is a *Node* parameter, to be defined on Node setting lines[1], not on Partition line. Another less optimal option is to define a default partition with the old nodes and another overlapping partition including the new nodes that users would need to specify explicitely on job submission to access the new nodes. [1] https://slurm.schedmd.com/slurm.conf.html#SECTION_NODE-CONFIGURATION -- Rémi Palancher Rackslab: Open Source Solutions for HPC Operations https://rackslab.io
