Re: [Condor-users] Chirp/Parrot for Job Submission (R software)

[Douglas L Thain <dthain@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Senthil -

Yes, you can use Parrot and Chirp to simulate a distributed filesystem.
I can't tell if your submit scripts are perfect,
but you have the right  idea.

Here are some similar examples that may help:
	http://www.cse.nd.edu/~ccl/software/howto/remotelink.shtml
	http://www.cse.nd.edu/~ccl/software/howto/secure.shtml
	http://www.escience.cam.ac.uk/projects/camgrid/parrot.html

Cheers -
Doug

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Natarajan, Senthil wrote:

> Hi Dan/Douglas,
>
> I am trying to submit R software (Statistical Software) Job to condor.
>
> The problem is I don't have shared file system and hence the job fails
> while executing on the remote node (which doesn't have R installed, and
> also we don't know the path etc). So I was wondering if I installed R
> software on Chirp Server, which also running in the same machine as
> condor central manager (job submitting node), the job running on the
> remote node can use R software through Parrot on the Chirp server. Is it
> possible? Please let me know if you have any better suggestion for this
> problem.
>
> Please let me know.
>
>
>
> So the job submission will look something like this.
>
>
>
> Original Job Specification
>
> *****************************
>
> Executable = /usr/lib/R/bin/R
>
> arguments = --vanilla
>
> universe = vanilla
>
> Log = Ra0.log
>
> notification = error
>
> input = a0
>
> output = a0.Rout
>
> error =Ra0.err
>
> should_transfer_files = YES
>
> when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
>
> Queue
>
>
>
> Job Specification with Chirp and Parrot
>
> *********************************************
>
> Executable = parrot
>
> arguments = -H R --vanilla
>
> universe = vanilla
>
> Log = Ra0.log
>
> environment = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/chirp/servername/library
>
> notification = error
>
> input = a0
>
> output = a0.Rout
>
> error =Ra0.err
>
> should_transfer_files = YES
>
> when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
>
> Queue
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Senthil
>
>
>
>