<p>You would only need to know the number of subtasks at each stage. You would not need to know the total number of subtasks that would be created during the whole run.</p>
<p>Example... start job, make 10 subtasks, give a weight of 0.1. The total weight is 1. Now suppose one subtask comes back and needs to be split into 4 subtasks. Give each of those weight 0.025. The grand total is still 1; indeed it is invariant<br>
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<p><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 1, 2010 4:04 PM, "Jon Brisbin" <<a href="mailto:jon@jbrisbin.com">jon@jbrisbin.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><p><font color="#500050">On Oct 1, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Alexis Richardson wrote:
> Why can't you use a checksum instead? Each t...</font></p>Wouldn't I have to know how many subtasks I'll create total when the first subtask goes out? I don't know that in this case. </div><div><br></div>
<div>Could you give me an example of what you're thinking?</div><div><br></div><div>jb</div><p><font color="#500050">
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>> On Oct 1, 2010 3:35 PM, "Jon Brisbin" <<a href="mailto:jon.brisbin@npcinternational.com">jon.brisbin@npcinternational.com</a>> wrote:
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