For Jobs with a core count of more than 512 you must specify the island_count in your LoadLeveler job. The LoadLeveler syntax is: #@ island_count = min,max or #@ island_count = number The scheduler attempts to start the job on min islands, but will start the job on up to max islands if the job does currently not fit on min islands (e.g., because there are not enough free nodes available). Since SuperMUC has a pruned (1:4) network topology, there is a trade-off between performance and more chances to get a job allocated. LRZ recommends to use an island count which is slightly higher (+1 or +2)than the minimum requirement to give the LoadLeveler more flexibility for finding free nodes. Example: if you want to run on 2000 nodes, you must use at least 4 islands. In this case specify #@ island_count = 4,5 instead of just requiring just 4 islands. For jobs with less than 512 you can also use island_count. But always specify a minimum island_count of 1 to avoid a fragmentation of the machine by small jobs. see: http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/supermuc/loadleveler/# JCF.keywords for details. Diese Information finden Sie im WWW unter http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/compute/supermuc/aktuell/ali4500/ Matthias Brehm