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Dynamic User Priority<br />

Default dynamic priority formula<br />

number_shares<br />

cpu_time<br />

run_time<br />

job_slots<br />

By default, <strong>LSF</strong> calculates dynamic priority according to the following formula:<br />

dynamic priority = number_shares / (cpu_time * CPU_TIME_FACTOR +<br />

run_time * RUN_TIME_FACTOR + (1 + job_slots) * RUN_JOB_FACTOR)<br />

The maximum value of dynamic user priority is 100 times the number of user<br />

shares (if the denominator in the calculation is less than 0.01, <strong>LSF</strong> rounds up<br />

to 0.01).<br />

For cpu_time, run_time, and job_slots, <strong>LSF</strong> uses the total resource<br />

consumption of all the jobs in the queue or host partition that belong to the<br />

user or group.<br />

The number of shares assigned to the user.<br />

The cumulative CPU time used by the user (measured in hours). <strong>LSF</strong> calculates<br />

the cumulative CPU time using the actual (not normalized) CPU time and a<br />

decay factor such that 1 hour of recently-used CPU time decays to 0.1 hours<br />

after an interval of time specified by HIST_HOURS in lsb.params (5 hours by<br />

default).<br />

The total run time of running jobs (measured in hours).<br />

The number of job slots reserved and in use.<br />

Configuring the default dynamic priority<br />

CPU_TIME_FACTOR<br />

RUN_TIME_FACTOR<br />

RUN_JOB_FACTOR<br />

You can give additional weight to the various factors in the priority calculation<br />

by setting the following parameters in lsb.params.<br />

◆ CPU_TIME_FACTOR<br />

◆ RUN_TIME_FACTOR<br />

◆ RUN_JOB_FACTOR<br />

◆ HIST_HOURS<br />

If you modify the parameters used in the dynamic priority formula, it affects<br />

every fairshare policy in the cluster.<br />

The CPU time weighting factor.<br />

Default: 0.7<br />

The run time weighting factor.<br />

Default: 0.7<br />

The job slots weighting factor.<br />

Default: 3<br />

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<strong>Administering</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> <strong>LSF</strong>

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