--simulate *description*
Instead of using actual data, build an empty cluster given a node
description. The *description* parameter must be a comma-separated
- list of four elements, describing in order:
+ list of five elements, describing in order:
+ - the allocation policy for this node group
- the number of nodes in the cluster
- the disk size of the nodes, in mebibytes
- the memory size of the nodes, in mebibytes
- the cpu core count for the nodes
- An example description would be **B20,102400,16384,4** describing a
- 20-node cluster where each node has 100GiB of disk space, 16GiB of
- memory and 4 CPU cores. Note that all nodes must have the same specs
- currently.
+ An example description would be **preferred,B20,102400,16384,4**
+ describing a 20-node cluster where each node has 100GiB of disk
+ space, 16GiB of memory and 4 CPU cores. Note that all nodes must
+ have the same specs currently.
+
+ This option can be given multiple times, and each new use defines a
+ new node group. Hence different node groups can have different
+ allocation policies and node count/specifications.
--tiered-alloc *spec*
Besides the standard, fixed-size allocation, also do a tiered