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Sun GridEngine

Sun GridEngine (SGE) is an opensource batch-queuing system, supported by Sun Microsystems, that allocates resources such as processors, memory, disk-space, and software licenses to batch jobs. The main features of SGE include:

  • Advanced scheduling algorithms
  • Cluster queues
  • Fault tolerance
  • Job arrays
  • DRMAA (Job API)
  • Resource reservation
  • N1 Grid Engine 6 accounting and reporting

A number of SGE add-ons are available:
  • Grid engine portal
  • Transfer-queue over globus (TOG)
  • Job scheduling hierarchically (JOSH)

    SGE runs on multiple platforms, including:

    The next release of SGE (6.0u4) will also add Windows support.

    See also

  • Grid computing

    External links

  • gridengine: Home - official product page

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