russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) (09/25/90)
We run an SGI 4D/240 with about 1000 registered users and are looking for a PD batch system that can: 1/ schedule several queues of jobs. 2/ each queue should be able to a/ be stopped and started automatically at arbitrary times. b/ impose both maximun and default limits for various resources. 3/ Users shoul be able to a/ submit jobs to queues for processing. b/ check where their job is in relation to other jobs in the queue c/ cancle their own jobs. I wrote such a system for our IBM VM system. It is in C and the model should transport reasonably well to UNIX. However I am very busy, aren't we all :-), and would rather pick up something that already works. I saw a reference to a batch system that was available on pemrac.space.swri.edu but when I looked there I could not find it. Does anybody know of a PD batch system for UNIX, pref SYSV but we now have most of the common Berkley features as extentions? Is any body else interested in using our batch system if I decide to get it going? Cheers Russelll. --
karl@uts.amdahl.com (Karl Rowley) (09/26/90)
In article <1990Sep24.233728.6284@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) writes: >We run an SGI 4D/240 with about 1000 registered users and are looking >for a PD batch system that can: > >Does anybody know of a PD batch system for UNIX, pref SYSV but we now have >most of the common Berkley features as extentions? > Have you heard of NQS (the Network Queueing System)? It was developed by NASA Ames Research Center, and it has become somewhat of a standard for a Unix batch system. It is not quite public domain -- the source costs $6000. Once you have it and have added some value to it, there is no per license charge for redistribution. Contact: Cosmic, The University of Georgia, 382 East Broad St., Athens, Georgia 30602, telephone (404) 542-3265. I think you can get the documentation without buying the entire package. Good luck. Karl Rowley UTS Development Amdahl Corp. Santa Clara, California karl@uts.amdahl.com ...!ames!amdahl!karl