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[Condor-users] Condor questions (fwd)



A colleague sent me this question, which I'm too much of a newbie to
answer. Reply to me or the list, and I'll forward all of the responses.

I've never heard of PBS before, but I'm sure many of you can make a case
for Condor!

Thanks!

Kelly


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:30:41 -0400
From: Daryl P. Nazareth <dnaza001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Kelly Sorensen <kjs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Condor questions

Hi Kelly,

I have a couple questions about Condor.  We have a cluster of processors
which are used for various jobs.  Right now it uses a scheduling system
called PBS.  I'd like to switch to Condor instead, but the other users have
some questions:

1. If all the processors are running jobs, and a new job has to be run
urgently, is there a way to specify that it has top priority?  We would like
Condor to pause one of the current jobs and immediately run the new one in
its place.  Is that possible?

2. Have you heard of PBS?  (I believe it stands for Portable Batch System.)
What advantage would Condor have over PBS or other scheduling systems?
 This is the question they're asking me, and I'd like to make a good case
for using Condor instead. :)

I hope things are going well up there.  Thanks for any answers you can give
me.

Daryl