Does anyone know how PVM is used within Sequent?? If PVM is only used as a task distribution mechanism, then we can simply submit serial version of the jobs to the batch system. Using a batch system (like SGE or LSF) provides more benefits, like job control, load balancing, master node failover, accounting. Tight SGE/PVM integration: http://gridengine.sunsource.net/howto/pvm-integration/pvm-integration.html AFAIK, LSF does not do accounting for PVM tasks (LSF parallel handles MPI jobs, anyone knows if it also handles PVM??): "Important: LSF does not time pvm jobs properly. The time reported by lsf will only account for the master process, not the spawned slaves." www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/UserInfo/Resources/Hardware/CommonFAQ/SGIMPI.html Rayson --- "Brodie, Kent" <brodie at mcw.edu> wrote: > For integration, my understanding is that A Sequest-installed series > of > systems can co-exist with other job scheduler environments on the > same > cluster. As I mentioned earlier, RSH playes a huge part in keeping > Sequest talking. The technical communication between the nodes > just > really isn't that complicated, and my assumption is something like > LSF/SGE/PBS/etc could peacefully co-exist. > > If you have further scientific-like queries, Simon will tackle those, > and I'll be happy to address any other sysadmin-like questions you > may > have. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com