Hi Jinal: Jinal Jhaveri wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using load_avg=2.0 as a load threshold for our SGE nodes. I avoid > using the np_load_avg (load per processor) as it is mis-interpreted on > intel machines with hyperthreading enabled. Can anyone (especialy in > Bioinformatics setting running jobs like blast,interpro) share their > experience on what load threshold works best for them? Unless you have a really good reason for running HT, I would probably suggest disabling it. Our tests with BLAST a few years ago showed no real benefit. You do get benefit from bigger caches and faster memory systems, but not HT. With that in mind, I would probably stick to the load average == number of cores in system. Joe > > Thank you! > > --Jinal > > ps. Apologies for cross posting but I realized that both SGE gurus and > Bio-cluster people might be able to answer this question. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe at gridengine.sunsource.net > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help at gridengine.sunsource.net -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 734 786 8452 or +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615