Is there a way to have non-exclusive pools? We want to basically create priority groups but not have to organize cascading pools across 100 nodes. So rather than having
Z01-10:
pool1, pool2, pool3, pool4
Z11-20
pool2,pool3,pool4,pool1
Z21-30
pool3,pool4,pool1,pool2
etc…
It would be easier to just add a single pool that takes precedence but is non-exclusive to the farm.
Or if there’s a better way to do so please let me know…
I think the way you have it set up is the way to go. How are you setting up the pools? If you do it through the interface in the Tools menu in the Monitor, it should be much easier to maintain the pool ordering across many machines:
thinkboxsoftware.com/deadlin … and_Groups
You can do things like select a group of slaves and then increment/decrement a specific pool’s priority across all of them, or remove the pool from them. So you could probably start by adding all 4 pools to all slaves, and then select groups of 25 to stagger the 4 pools across them.
If you’re using the right-click option in the Slave list, then it can be pretty painful to manage this. 
Cheers,
Thanks Ryan,
I figured that was the case… I got it set up pretty smoothly using the Manage Pools tool. The only thing that I was trying to avoid was cascading priorities but in thinking about it, that’s probably the best way to distribute and average farm time… poor mans round-robin
-Andrew