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Lachesis: A job scheduler for the cray T3E

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Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP 1998)

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This paper presents the design and implementation of Lachesis, a job scheduler for the Cray T3E. Lachesis was developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) in an attempt to correct some problems with the scheduling system Cray provides with the T3E.

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  1. Colby College, 04901, Waterville, ME

    Allen B. Downey

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Downey, A.B. (1998). Lachesis: A job scheduler for the cray T3E. In: Feitelson, D.G., Rudolph, L. (eds) Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing. JSSPP 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1459. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053980

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