LHC Computer Grid - Rollout
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simone Campana
said:
> An ATLAS user has been adviced to use this list to post
> messages about a
> problem he is having. In particular, seems several sites are
> attracting
> jobs even if the queues are overfull and the ranking expression he is
> using seems reasonable.
This is probably the BDII problem, the input side can die and it just
keeps returning stale data. I hope the COD is chasing it.
> interested users are in cc
Not by the time it gets to me!
> So I wonder if I can use a different ranking statement in my
> jdl file so
> that jobs are not sent to sites which are completely
> overloaded anyway
> (even a random distribution would be fine with me, if that is possible
> :-) )
Just put Rank=1 to get a random distribution, it should randomise if
there are several sites with the same best rank.
Stephen
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