# through SLURM before shutting them down.
#dispatcher = slurm
-# Node Manager will ensure that there are at least this many nodes
-# running at all times. By default, these will be the cheapest node size.
+# Node Manager will ensure that there are at least this many nodes running at
+# all times. If node manager needs to start new idle nodes for the purpose of
+# satisfying min_nodes, it will use the cheapest node type. However, depending
+# on usage patterns, it may also satisfy min_nodes by keeping alive some
+# more-expensive nodes
min_nodes = 0
# Node Manager will not start any compute nodes when at least this
# an Arvados node that hasn't been updated for this long.
node_stale_after = 14400
+# Scaling factor to be applied to nodes' available RAM size. Usually there's a
+# variable discrepancy between the advertised RAM value on cloud nodes and the
+# actual amount available.
+# If not set, this value will be set to 0.95
+node_mem_scaling = 0.95
+
# File path for Certificate Authorities
certs_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt