Hi Chris,<div><br></div><div>Re DEFAULT_TEMPLATE=smallcluster: Assuming you've generated the .starcluster/config file using the procedure defined in the online docs, then [cluster smallcluster] will be a stanza in that file, whose details you'll edit for your application or use case.</div>
<div><br></div><div>NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE is one of the variables you can set within each cluster definition, as the default value for that particular cluster type, to whatever EC2 instance type works for your app. If you use the "extends = smallcluster" within a mediumcluster definition, you could set a new node instance type for that kind of cluster. So, something like:</div>
<div><br></div><div>[cluster smallcluster]</div><div>NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE=m1.small</div><div>CLUSTER_SIZE=8</div><div>< ... lots more details for smallcluster defaults></div><div><br></div><div>[cluster mediumcluster]</div>
<div>extends = smallcluster </div><div>NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE=m1.medium</div><div>CLUSTER_SIZE=16</div><div><br></div><div>Then if you start a smallcluster and initiate load balancing against it, it'll add m1.small nodes by default, whereas load balancing a cluster that's based on mediumcluster would add m1.medium nodes. </div>
<div><br>For load balancing, the value of max nodes, -m, would be set less than or equal to the CLUSTER_SIZE limit you have set up in your cluster definition (assuming you didn't override that value on the command line when you launched that particular cluster).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>Lyn</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:starcluster-request@mit.edu">starcluster-request@mit.edu</a>></span><br>
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Cc: <br>Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:27:25 +0000<br>Subject: [StarCluster] Cluster size<br>I'm looking at StarCluster for use in simulations using PBS or SGE. This seems like a great tool that could save a lot of development time! The goal is to setup a cluster that can allocate hundreds of nodes (I think these are elastic compute units (ECU) in the Amazon nomenclature), up to a maximum of around 1000. I've read the documentation and have successfully run a small test cluster but I'm still having trouble understanding the relationship between the following:<br>
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1. NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE: I understand that this is the Amazon instance type, but I don't see how this interacts with load balancing or the default template.<br>
2. DEFAULT_TEMPLATE=smallcluster: Where is this template defined? I note that another is largecluster, but I'm not sure the difference between the two.<br>
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3. Elastic load balancing: This feature makes sense, but is the maximum number of nodes a function of selections I make for the default template or instance type?<br>
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Thanks for any insights on how to configure the cluster,<br>
Chris<br>
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Biotechnology & Bioengineering Center<br>
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Medical College of Wisconsin<br>
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