Limits provide simple load management by limiting the number of tasks submitted by a specific ecflow_server. This provides very simple load management.
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suite test
limit l1 2
family f5
inlimit l1
task t1
task t2
task t3
task t4
task t5
task t6
task t7
task t8
task t9
.....
endfamily
endsuite |
In the 5 series, this has been extended to Family's.
When a family is limited, the child tasks are unconstrained. In this case, only two family families can run at at a time. All the tasks in the family can start at once
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