Application Environment Load Balancing Job and Queue Management
Application Environment Load Balancing Job and Queue Management. Tim Smith CERN/IT. Application Environment. Uniform environment variables HEPiX scripts initialise user environment identically interactive and batch Uniform file access Home directories are AFS Uniform tool access
Application Environment Load Balancing Job and Queue Management
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Application EnvironmentLoad BalancingJob and Queue Management Tim Smith CERN/IT
Application Environment • Uniform environment variables • HEPiX scripts initialise user environment identically interactive and batch • Uniform file access • Home directories are AFS • Uniform tool access • SUE / ASIS to make all same tools available in same places on all architectures • Uniform library access • Mainly shared file systems, some local instl Tim Smith: LCCWS in FNAL
Load Balancing • Interactive • ISS • 2 central servers - run probe metrics cluster clients • Choose ‘least’ loaded and update DNS servers • lxplus.cern.ch >> lxplus.plus.cern.ch • Batch • LSF multi-clusters • Interactive submission cluster • Batch execution cluster • Multiple user communities; chaotic and production usage Tim Smith: LCCWS in FNAL