Is it possible to set workunit priority? I have already set in my user preferences for each project to 60min for worktime. It then goes to another project after about 60min. How can I set project priority? It appears to just randomly select projects for computation.

currently it runs like this
project A (60min or completion, whichever comes first)
project D
project A
project B
etc.

I'd like it to do this
project A
project B
project C
project D
etc.

You can set 'project resource share'... if you look at the project options ('your account', '<project> options', 'edit', you'll see a resource share figure near the top. By default this starts at 100.

If you have 3 projects, all at 100, then they'll each take 1/3 of CPU time.

100:100:100 (33:33:33 %)

If you want to adjust the priorities, change this resource share figure. The following example is setting one project to 75%, and two projects to 12.5%.

300:50:50 (75:12.5:12.5 %)

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Awesome, thank you.

Also, I have noticed that some projects list 4 or 5 tasks under the task menu and others only one. Why is that if anyone knows? It seems to me to make sense to list only one task at a time from each project.

Mike beat me to it...

Resource share was going to be my suggestion.

But also remember that you won't necessarily see the strict 60 minute switch times. The scheduler will only re-evaluate whether a switch should be made.

Older core clients would go into Earliest Deadline first if in deadline trouble and could run for significant periods of time without switching.

The current core client (5.8.x) won't switch if a checkpoint hasn't been reached. So, for example, I had a BURP unit ran for 8 hours because their science app doesn't checkpoint.

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Kathryn :o)

Awesome, thank you.

Also, I have noticed that some projects list 4 or 5 tasks under the task menu and others only one. Why is that if anyone knows? It seems to me to make sense to list only one task at a time from each project.

If you use a small enough connect interval (like .001 days), then you'll get only one unit at a time.

Change under your global preferences on your account page at a project. Since it's a *global* preference, it'll affect all projects and propagate to all of your attached projects eventually.

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Kathryn :o)

Ahh, ok. I think I get it. It basically runs the projects that have the closest deadline first and then so on.

Ahh, ok. I think I get it. It basically runs the projects that have the closest deadline first and then so on.

If a unit is in deadline trouble, then it won't switch until it's out of deadline trouble (unless another unit is in bigger deadline trouble).

If not in deadline trouble and there hasn't been a checkpoint, then it won't switch (only true with 5.8.x and higher clients).

If nothing in deadline trouble and checkpoints are more frequent than the switch interval, it's based on short term debt.

Check out Jord's FAQs.

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Kathryn :o)