5353: Update comment about min_nodes and node size.

diff --git a/services/nodemanager/doc/azure.example.cfg b/services/nodemanager/doc/azure.example.cfg
index bd7d24f9043d239c021abccaecfd43a979083370..0b5f1d360e8887a48637b68a94908b98160bc932 100644 (file)
--- a/services/nodemanager/doc/azure.example.cfg
+++ b/services/nodemanager/doc/azure.example.cfg
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 # 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

diff --git a/services/nodemanager/doc/ec2.example.cfg b/services/nodemanager/doc/ec2.example.cfg
index fcbd6a186c1f8ee1c22576782f092e75bc1942c8..1c33bfd4578b62e403a057de3787c44caa198be4 100644 (file)
--- a/services/nodemanager/doc/ec2.example.cfg
+++ b/services/nodemanager/doc/ec2.example.cfg
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 # 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

diff --git a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
index 2b12f6c1b45ad379d34447f02bac84d7d79a6a42..06fcdff1552de44f95f4ea263b0e6d63db4d3409 100644 (file)
--- a/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
+++ b/services/nodemanager/doc/gce.example.cfg
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 # All times are in seconds unless specified otherwise.
 
 [Daemon]
-# Node Manager will ensure that there are at least this many nodes
-# running at all times.
+# 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