Batch/queueing S/W for Unix -- SUMMARY

["Adam S. Moskowitz" <adamm@menlo.com>]

In keeping with USENET tradition, here's the summary of responses to my
query on batch/queueing software:

1) I got pointers to lots of packages; I've included a list of URLs at
the end of this message.

2) Folks had various things to say about the different packages: One
person said LSF (Load Sharing Facility) worked well on platforms like
Solaris, but had lots of bugs on Linux; another person recommended LSF
over LoadLeveler; one person reported that he was using Autosys to
handle 75,000+ jobs each night; finally, there was one strong
recommendation was to stay away from LoadBalancer from Unison.

3) Of all the packages suggested, it seems like LSF got the most
positive (and no negative) votes.

4) Thanks (in no particular order) to the following people for
responding:

	paw@northstar.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson)
	William L. Larson (Bill) <wllarso@somnet.sandia.gov>
	Patricia Parseghian <pep@transmeta.com>
	kira@lsil.com (Kira Siegel)
	Michael Thompson <thompson@atl.sofkin.ca>
	Xev Gittler <xev@lehman.COM>
	Dwight Petersen <dpeter@pop.fedworld.gov>
	paul.joslin@sdrc.com (Paul R. Joslin)
	Kenneth E. Paul <kenny@cisco.com>
	klange@VNET.IBM.COM
	news@platform.com (News Account)
	Aaron Sherman <ajs@ajs.com>
	John Cooper <jcoop@lsil.com>
	Michael F. Lavelle <lavelle@cig.mot.com>
	Amos A Gouaux <amos@utdallas.edu>
	ctm@sleepy.ns.cs.boeing.com (chuck malmsten)
	William L. Larson (Bill) <wllarso@somnet.sandia.gov>
	Pat O'Brien <pato@pdx491.jf.intel.com>
	Jon Finke <finkej@rpi.edu>
	stillman <susan.stillman@beasys.com>
	Ann Benninger <ahb@exelixis.com>
	Matt Harrington <matt@sbl.salk.edu>
	Ian Holden <holdeni@nortel.ca>
	Michael  Zollinger <mikez@ecis.com>

5) Here are the URLs I got and found:

	Autosys
		http://www.platinum.com/products/sysman/asys_ps.htm

	CODINE:
		http://www.genias.de/products/codine/Welcome.html
		http://www.instrumental.com/codine.html

	Distributed Queueing System
		http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~pasko/dqs.html

	JP1/NQSEXEC
		http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/open-e/jp1/batch.htm

	LoadLeveler
		http://www.austin.ibm.com/software/sp_products/loadlev.html

	LSF
		http://www.platform.com/

	Maestro
		http://www.unison.com/marketin/218a_31a.html

	NetSolve
		http://www.cs.utk.edu/netsolve/

	Network Queueing Environment
		http://www.cray.com/products/software/nqe/nqe_releases.html#TOP

	NQS
		ftp://ftp.shef.ac.uk/pub/uni/projects/nqs/README

	Portable Batch System
		http://science.nas.nasa.gov/Software/PBS/

	Prospero
		http://nii-server.isi.edu/gost-group/products/prm/

	PUCC NCSS for PBS
		http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu/~af5/pbs_ncss.html

	QBATCH
		http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume25/QBATCH/

	QMASTER
		http://www.qmaster.com/


	POINTERS:
		http://hepwww.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~mcnab/QueShed.html
		http://www.cmpharm.ucsf.edu/~srp/batch/systems.html


Again, thanks to everyone.

AdamM