Hello, A lot of people are mirgating from L$F to GridEngine. One frequently requested feature is a cluster-wide queue. GridEngine uses a "queue" to represent an execution host. This gives the workstation users much greater control of when they want their machines to be made available, and how much resource they want to provide. In SGE, when a user submits a job, he requests a resource. In LSF, a user specifies a queue which has the resource. They use different concepts to represent a queue, and the users need to learn a new interface. Since a lot of people ask for a cluster-wide queue, we are planning to add this feature to SGE, so that migration from LSF to SGE is more transparent. (note - the original queue concept is still there even after this feature is added, so the workstation user can have full control of their machines; cluster queues will provide grouping of machines/queues) If you are interested in joining the discussion, please join the SGE development mailing-list -- http://gridengine.sunsource.net/project/gridengine/maillist.html Lastly, a few other features will be added to make the migration smoother. -Ron --- Ernst Bablick wrote: > during the next days/weeks I would like to discuss > issue #14 (Cluster Queues) > on the dev mailing list. The objective of Cluster > Queues (CQ) are as follows: > > - help to significantly reduce the number of > queues for virtually all > types of customer setups, not only for mostly > homegenous clusters with > similar machines > > - describe an evolutionary enhancement of current > SGE queues > > - provide a migration path from current the SGE > queue concept to the new > cluster queue concept > > - help to ease installation of SGE with the help > of the cluster queue > concept > > - help to ease administration of Grid Engine when > changes need to be done > > - help to provide more condensed output in command > line and GUI > > - make it possible, that at least certain cluster > queue setups can help > to improve scheduler performance > > Everyone interested in influencing the design of CQs > should join the dev > mailing list. Following specification of CQs might > be used as a base for the > discussions: > > http://gridengine.sunsource.net/unbranded-source/browse/~checkout~/gridengine/doc/devel/rfe/cluster_queue.txt?content-type=text/plain > > Regards, > > Ernst __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com