Actually, even one person running a large mixture of jobs may need help managing the work. Effectively scheduling jobs on the cluster requires a job scheduler. In each case, we include the full package including source code and associated documentation. Information about how to use each of the above packages can be found in the distribution directory for the package in question. We plan to add the Maui Scheduler.
Computer scientists spend way too much time re-inventing the wheel .
Acknowledgements The Open Cluster Group includes representatives from Dell Computers, IBM, Intel Corporation, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, MSC-software, SGI, and Veridian Corporation. PBS includes software developed by NASA Ames Research Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Veridian. The kernel that is permanently installed on the hard-drive of the node, and is used to boot the node after installation. A 6 byte hex address that is uniquely assigned to each ethernet adapter. The MAC address is used to identify individual nodes during the boot process.