minimum nodes per job

Deadline
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hi all,

here is what i would like to do.

when a job is submitted to the farm, i would like it to take an even slice of the available nodes and use that as the minimum amount of nodes.

so, say we have 40 nodes and one job on the farm. that one job should have all 40 nodes. if another job gets submitted, both jobs should get 20 nodes each (once tasks have completed). then when another is submitted, each job would get a minimum of 13 nodes and so on.

basically, we want a way of getting every single job rendering as soon as it is submitted, without the need for a wrangler, to be constantly adjusting priorities and machine limit amounts.

if there were a minimum machine limit option that could dynamically update to reflect the amount of jobs / nodes on the farm, that would be ideal.

so there any way to achieve such a thing?

thanks in advance.

elliott

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Hi Elliott,
The next version of Deadline v6.1 will answer your requirement very nicely. The job scheduling order system has been heavily enhanced and will support a “balanced” farm, where all jobs will process with the same number of slaves for example. This is only the tip of the iceberg so to speak…so hang tight…good things are coming :wink:
Mike

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ah, im already running the beta of 6.1, i guess i should take a look at the docs!

thanks