[slurm-users] Default value inconsistency between CompleteWait and KillWait in slurm.conf docs

[Kevin Buckley]

It has been pointed by someone here, who clearly reads the
documentation a lot closer than most, that there appears to
be an inconsistency in the way that the SLURM documentation,
explains the link between CompleteWait and KillWait.


The default values for CompleteWait and KillWait are
(cut and paste taken from the schedmd website docs as
this email was writte) 0 and 30 seconds respectively:

CompleteWait

   The default value of CompleteWait is zero seconds.


KillWait

   The default value is 30 seconds.


The inconsistency arises when we read how CompleteWait is further
explained, vis:


To minimize fragmentation of resources, a value equal to KillWait
  plus two is recommended. In that case, setting KillWait to a small
  value may be beneficial.


which would appear to be suggesting that the default for CompleteWait
should be 32 seconds.

Any thoughts?

Kevin
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Supercomputing Systems Administrator
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre