Meta-scheduling

Meta-scheduling or Super scheduling is a computer software technique of optimizing computational workloads by combining an organization's multiple Distributed Resource Managers into a single aggregated view, allowing batch jobs to be directed to the best location for execution.

Implementations

The following is a partial list of noteworthy open source and commercial meta-schedulers currently available.

• GridWay by the Globus Alliance
• Community Scheduler Framework by Platform Computing & Jilin University
• MP Synergy by United Devices
• Moab Cluster Suite and Maui Cluster scheduler from Adaptive Computing
• DIOGENES (DIstributed Optimal GENEtic algorithm for grid applications Scheduling, started project)
• SynfiniWay's meta-scheduler.

References

• Schopf, Jennifer (2002). "A General Architecture for Scheduling on the Grid" (pdf). Argonne National Laboratory. http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~schopf/Pubs/sched.arch.2002.pdf. 

External links

• Super Scheduler project by the Asia-Pacific Science Technology Center.