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METAQ: Bundle Supercomputing Tasks

Computational Physics 2017-02-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We describe a light-weight system of bash scripts for efficiently bundling supercomputing tasks into large jobs, so that one can take advantage of incentives or discounts for requesting large allocations. The software can backfill computational tasks, avoiding wasted cycles, and can streamline collaboration between different users. It is simple to use, functioning similarly to batch systems like PBS, MOAB, and SLURM.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06122,
  title  = {METAQ: Bundle Supercomputing Tasks},
  author = {Evan Berkowitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06122},
  year   = {2017}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure

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