Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of AssignedWork

Timestamp:

Feb 15, 2008, 3:43:43 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

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AssignedWork

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+= Assigned work =
+
+This mechanism serves two purposes:
+
+ * To assign a particular job to a particular host.
+ * To assign a particular job to be done on ALL hosts for which an app version exists.  This could be used to run application-specific benchmarks, to test CPUs, etc.
+
+A host with assigned jobs won't get sent any other jobs until the assigned ones are reported.
+
+Assigned jobs are not validated or assimilated.
+You must develop your own scripts or programs to process and clean up finished jobs.
+
+To enable this feature you must add
+{{{
+<enable_assigned_work>1</enable_assigned_work>
+}}}
+to your config.xml file.
+
+== Creating assigned work ==
+
+The [WorkGeneration '''create_work''' script and function]
+take an optional '''host_id''' argument.
+If -1 it means send the job to all hosts.
+If positive it means send the job to the host with that ID.
+
+The names of workunits for assigned jobs must include '''asgw'''.
+