Condor

Abstract

Condor is a software package for executing batch type jobs on workstations which would otherwise be idle. Major features of Condor are automatic location and allocation of idle machines, checkpointing and the migration of processes. All of these features are achieved without any modification to the underlying UNIX kernel. It is not necessary for a user to change their source code to run with Condor, although programs must be specially linked with Condor libraries.

Cost

Research package

DateOfInformation

Tue Apr 22 14:12:25 1997

Domain

Distributed Processing Tools

Keyword

job scheduling; workstation cluster

Name

Condor

TargetEnvironment

For now, the system only works on UNIX workstations (the predominant desktop computing environment among scientists) but within the year will also operate in the increasingly popular Windows NT computing environment.

Webpage

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/

ContactIs

condor_help

Review Information

PTLIB Review of Condor