[StarCluster] exclude the master node

[Jean-Pierre Adam]

No worries Justin.

JP


> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:01:41 -0400
> From: jtriley at MIT.EDU
> To: jean_pierre_adam at hotmail.com
> CC: ecm200 at gmail.com; starcluster at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [StarCluster] exclude the master node
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> Sorry for the delay JP and thanks for responding with the correct
> solution Ed :D
> 
> ~Justin
> 
> On 10/17/2012 12:14 PM, Jean-Pierre Adam wrote:
> > Thank you Ed, this is exactly what I was looking for.
> > 
> > Next time, I'll check out the config file first before asking.
> > 
> > JP
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> From: ecm200 at gmail.com
> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:59:24 +0200 Subject: Re: [StarCluster]
> > exclude the master node To: jean_pierre_adam at hotmail.com CC:
> > starcluster at mit.edu
> > 
> > Jean-Pierre.
> > 
> > This option is a setting in the configuration file for star
> > cluster.
> > 
> > Use the SGE plugin instead of the automatic queue setup.
> > 
> > [plugin sge] setup_class = starcluster.plugins.sge.SGEPlugin 
> > master_is_exec_host = False
> > 
> > 
> > Following argument excludes master as execution host.
> > 
> > Be sure to set the queue command to false before executing the SGE
> > plugin.
> > 
> > Something like:
> > 
> > [cluster smallcluster] disable_queue = True plugins = sge
> > 
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > 
> > On 17 October 2012 13:50, Jean-Pierre Adam
> > <jean_pierre_adam at hotmail.com 
> > <mailto:jean_pierre_adam at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > usually I use a "cheap" master node when I'm running starcluster
> > on spot instances.
> > 
> > And usually, I launch my jobs with that kind of command :
> > 
> > qsub -b y -cwd -pe orte 24 mpirun ./mpi-executable arg1 arg2
> > 
> > I was wondering, how could I exclude the master node from the list 
> > of nodes running the job. Since the master node is slower in my 
> > case, it clearly affects the efficiency of the computation.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > JP
> > 
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> > 
> > -- Ed Morris ------------------------------------------------ 
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