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- Change Control: Public/Stable
- Permissions: The job_sort_formula must be set by the admin (e.g., root).
- Summary: A number between 0 and 1 representing the job's entities usage modified to take it's location in the fairshare tree into account.
- Details:
- A number between 0 and 1. Higher numbers are less deserving.
- This number is somewhat arbitrary. It's based on the actual usage of the entity and its location in the fairshare tree, but isn't directly comparable with any other entity's fairshare_tree_usage.
- The below formula refers to this keyword as effective usage.
- NOTE: the formula is calculated once at the start of the cycle. This factor will not be updated during the cycle (e.g., after jobs run).
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Something to note: summing all of the effective usages of all of the entities will be more than 100%. This doesn't allow for direct comparison between the entities.
The effective usage keyword in the formula is 'fairshare_tree_usage'
Here is a formula to provide a direct comparison between entities. It is not the only one, but it will work well. It results in a number between 0 and 1. A result of .5 means the entity is on target.
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