[StarCluster] Plugins Question - Skipping SGE Install

[Austin Godber]

Hi Justin,

Thanks!  I need to take a look at how the more recent versions work.  I 
think I am still using 0.91.  Are there any significant milestones 
coming up that are worth noting?  Like an upcoming stable release or any 
big changes?

Austin


On 12/27/10 5:49 PM, Justin Riley wrote:
> Hi Austin,
>
> Following up on this, I just added a disable_queue option to the config
> and also a --disable-queue flag to the 'start' command in the latest
> github code. With these options you can either:
>
> 1. Disable SGE for a given template in the config:
>
> [cluster smallcluster]
> ...
> disable_queue=True
>
> This will disable SGE for any cluster using the 'smallcluster' template.
>
> 2. Disable SGE for a given cluster at start time:
>
> $ starcluster start --disable-queue mycluster
>
> ~Justin
>
> On 10/18/10 2:39 PM, Justin Riley wrote:
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>> Hi Austin,
>>
>> SGE is harmless if you're not using it, but I see your point that it's
>> extra setup if you're not planning to use it. I'm considering moving it
>> to a plugin but not sure yet on the right way to go about that. By now
>> folks are expecting it to be there and would probably think that there
>> was a bug if it didn't come up automatically without needing to do
>> something special to their config. Could just be a simple disable_sge
>> flag in a template I suppose but using plugins is a cleaner approach.
>>
>> I'll have to think about this one...
>>
>> ~Justin
>>
>> On 10/15/2010 10:07 AM, Austin Godber wrote:
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>        I was just looking at the StarCluster Plugins and was wondering how
>>> to do the following things:
>>>
>>>     * Define an alternative to the DefaultClusterSetup
>>>     * Optionally omit the _setup_sge() from the DefaultClusterSetup
>>>
>>> The point being that most of the DefaultClusterSetup is quite generic.
>>> Its just that SGE may not be needed in some cases. It seems the plugin
>>> design includes only the ability to extend DefaultClusterSetup and never
>>> provide an alternative.
>>>
>>> No hurry with a response, I am just reading the code and thinking about
>>> writing plugins.
>>>
>>> Austin
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