5353: Add note that min_nodes boots cheapest nodes.

[arvados.git] / services / nodemanager / doc / gce.example.cfg

diff --git a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
index 67703703ba51b8ced8eac18b0ab9f72d65b16b08..2b12f6c1b45ad379d34447f02bac84d7d79a6a42 100644 (file)
--- a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
+++ b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@
 min_nodes = 0
 
 # Node Manager will not start any compute nodes when at least this
-# many are running.
+# running at all times.  By default, these will be the cheapest node size.
 max_nodes = 8
 
 # Poll compute nodes and Arvados for new information every N seconds.
 poll_time = 60
 
+# Upper limit on rate of spending (in $/hr), will not boot additional nodes
+# if total price of already running nodes meets or exceeds this threshold.
+# default 0 means no limit.
+max_total_price = 0
+
 # Polls have exponential backoff when services fail to respond.
 # This is the longest time to wait between polls.
 max_poll_time = 300
@@ -118,11 +123,10 @@ image = debian-7
 # See http://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/compute/drivers/gce.html#specifying-service-account-scopes
 # service_accounts = [{'email':'account@example.com', 'scopes':['storage-ro']}]
 
-[Size n1-standard-2]
+
 # You can define any number of Size sections to list node sizes you're
 # willing to use.  The Node Manager should boot the cheapest size(s) that
-# can run jobs in the queue (N.B.: defining more than one size has not been
-# tested yet).
+# can run jobs in the queue.
 #
 # The Size fields are interpreted the same way as with a libcloud NodeSize:
 # http://libcloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/compute/api.html#libcloud.compute.base.NodeSize
@@ -135,6 +139,15 @@ image = debian-7
 # this setting).
 # You may also want to define the amount of scratch space (expressed
 # in GB) for Crunch jobs.
+# You can also override Google's provided data fields (such as price per hour)
+# by setting them here.
+
+[Size n1-standard-2]
 cores = 2
+price = 0.076
 scratch = 100
-ram = 512
+
+[Size n1-standard-4]
+cores = 4
+price = 0.152
+scratch = 200
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