Indeed, you should avoid NFS shared spool directories. We have /usr/
local/sge-6 shared via NFS but configure all of our clients to use /
var/spool/sge on the local disc for per-client job information.
Duncan
On 12 Nov 2007, at 11:21, Andrew Janke wrote:
>> If you have your SGE root on an NFS share then your mileage may vary
>> as it is very difficult to persuade Mac OS X to wait until the mounts
>> are live before running this script.
>
> On this note for those who are contemplating a SGE install, I can
> heartily
> recommend against a NFS mounted SGE "home" directory
> (such as /usr/sge). It may seem like a good idea but there is no
> rational
> reason for it as SGE maintains the local spools and the likes with no
> trouble.
>
> Sure you do have to rsync everything from the master after an
> upgrade but this is a small cost compared to 100 or so extra NFS
> interrupts for your main server every 15 seconds when the clients poll
> the job lists.
>
>
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