if len(machineState[nodeID].Cells) == 1 {
					return
				}

				// the node already used with different group of nodes, it can not be use with in the current hint
				if !areGroupsEqual(machineState[nodeID].Cells, maskBits) {
					return
				}
			}
		}

		// verify that for all memory types the node mask has enough free resources