[Pw_forum] From davcio: error #10

[Patrick Holvey]

Good evening everyone!

Alright, so after implementing the changes in regards to the separate outdir
for each run, I'm having better success running the jobs, usually having
approx. 50% of the runs go to completion.  However, that means that 50% of
them fail and I have to resubmit them to the queue.  I have not yet seen if
they'll run to completion as they're still on the queue, but if I've
addressed the ourdir business, can anyone think of any other reason why my
jobs would be failing in this manner?

Thanks!

Patrick
University of Notre Dame

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Patrick Holvey <pholvey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Davide,
>
> Awesome.  After this recent spat with my submissions and in light of your
> advice, I'll only start runs with independent outdirs.  Thank you for your
> advice.  I truly appreciate it.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Davide Ceresoli <ceresoli at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Patrick Holvey wrote:
>>
>>  The outdir is the same for every
>>> input file, so I suppose it could be just too busy with the calls from
>>> all of the different
>>> runs.  Has anyone else had issues with this?  Moreover, is there a limit
>>> to how many runs I
>>> should direct to a specific outdir?  Would it be better to assign a
>>> unique outdir for each
>>> run?  Thanks!  I appreciate all of the help.
>>>
>> Dear Patrick,
>>    I think that a shared outdir for every job, is the mother of
>> all evil. If you run several jobs simultaneusly, try to assign
>> a different outdir.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Davide
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> Patrick Holvey
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Patrick Holvey
pholvey at nd.edu
442 Siegfried Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Cell: (865)-659-9908
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