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Sun GridEngine
Sun GridEngine (SGE) is an opensource batch-queuing system , supported by Sun Microsystems, that allocates resources such as processors, memory, disk-space, and software licenses to batch jobs. The main features of SGE include:
- Advanced scheduling algorithms
- Cluster queues
- Fault tolerance
- Job arrays
- DRMAA (Job API)
- Resource reservation
- N1 Grid Engine 6 accounting and reporting
A number of SGE add-ons are available:
- Grid engine portal
- Transfer-queue over globus (TOG)
- Job scheduling hierarchically (JOSH)
SGE runs on multiple platforms, including:
- AIX
- BSD - FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
- HP-UX
- IRIX
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Solaris
- SUPER-UX
- Tru64
- zOS (in progress)
The next release of SGE (6.0u4) will also add Windows support.
See also
External links
- gridengine: Home - official product page
Last updated: 10-17-2005 05:32:16
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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