How does Showq -r "EFFIC" work?


Issue: How is EFFIC reported and how often does it update?

Symptom: Showq -r can help determin the usage of a system and how efficiant it is being used. The EFFIC field will somtime report numbers that do not match up with what a job is using.

Solution:  EFFIC  is updated every 15 minuits. On busy systems this time can push out to thirty minuits and in rare occasions one hour. To calculate you efficiency look at the inital load from checknode.


 

node support-sn1
 
State:      Busy  (in current state for 00:00:32)
Configured Resources: PROCS: 8  MEM: 1024M
Utilized   Resources: PROCS: 8
Dedicated  Resources: PROCS: 8
Attributes:         Processors=8,testfeature
  MTBF(longterm):   INFINITY  MTBF(24h):   INFINITY
Opsys:      Linux     Arch:      x86_64
Speed:      1.00      CPULoad:   2.000
Partition:  slurm  Rack/Slot:  ---  NodeIndex:  1
Features:   testfeature
Classes:    [extra][normal][intr][medium][share]
RM[slurm]*: TYPE=WIKI:SLURM
EffNodeAccessPolicy: SINGLEJOB
 
Total Time: 21:00:04:10  Up: 2:13:10 (0.44%)  Active: 1:08:59 (0.23%)
 
Reservations:
  2118x8  Job:Running  -00:13:45 -> 00:36:15 (00:50:00)
Jobs:        2118
node support-sn2

Note that in my case 2.00 was reported. Now in showq -r

active jobs------------------------
JOBID S PAR EFFIC XFACTOR Q USERNAME GROUP MHOST PROCS REMAINING STARTTIME

2118 R slu 12.50 1.0 - jbooth jbooth support-sn1 8 00:15:17 Fri May 29 09:37:47

1 active job 8 of 8 processors in use by local jobs (100.00%)
1 of 1 nodes active (100.00%)

 


 

So the formula is ( Used procs) / (Total Number of procs). In my case 2.00 / 16 or .125  or 12.5%. You may notice on your system that at some point load is reported at 4.7 or higher but showq -r still reports the old EFFIC. Over time (15-30 minuits) the EFFIC should change.
Tags: EFFIC, showq -r, status
Last update:
2015-05-29 19:04
Author:
Jason Booth
Revision:
1.1
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