Multiple serial jobs
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High Throughput Computing on BlueGene/P
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On IMB BlueGene/P is installed new software called High Throughput Computing (HTC). It enabled portion of the machine to be allocated for many independent single-node jobs. It is used with configuration on compelling scripts and return response for the scripts configuration parameters. HTC can be used for long-running jobs that require many tasks, this can mean the difference between having to start from scratch and just being able to proceed ahead on the remaining nodes. The front-end node has more memory, better performance, and more functionality than a single compute node. Code that runs on the compute nodes is much cleaner, since it only contains the work to be performed, and leaves the coordination to a script or scheduler. HTC provides 128 computing nodes/CPUs. Basic it allows parallel computing for multiple users. It is possible to make BlueGene/P work like cluster using HTC. It isn’t use for multiple jobs yet.
