Re: resources

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Charles Forsyth wrote:

> i think it's probably also a mistake to obtain things like load averages

i was looking at PBS's reports for insights. added the historical load data
for good measure -- in PBS they can afford just the current load, because
they assume the network is fast.

MAUI experiments with assigning weights to different metrics such as
network connection, cpu speed, number of cpus, load, OS, and so on, which 
are multiplied together to arrive at a single number that can be used to
determine whether a node is feasible for scheduling to, or to prioritize
jobs based on their requirements. 

we aren't using this feature, but i can imagine it being useful in a
homogenous (as far as software is concerned) environment, such as Plan 9.

andrey