Re: Need Ideas for Batch Job Submission

["Brian Johnson" <brian.johnson.mn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus it may not be silly to submit a new job every 15 minutes.  The ability
of the submitted application to be serially reusable is also not guaranteed.


On 7/19/07, Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > And of course one submit would be sufficient.
>
> Only thing to keep in mind... is it 15 minutes from start to start, or
> from end to start. For example, if the processing takes 10 minutes:
>
> Start: 3:00:00
> End:   3:10:00
> Wait:  15 minutes
> Start: 3:25:00
> End:   3:35:00
> Wait:  15 mintes
> Start: 3:50:00
> End:   4:00:00
>
> In this case from 3AM to 4AM you'll only run 3 times, not the expected 4
> times. First, it may not matter, and second, if the job takes 10 seconds
> to run, you'll be off much less (but still off).
>
> Just something to keep in mind.
>
> -Walden
>
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