System for assigning and monitoring grid jobs on a computing grid
US7644408B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5072
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is disclosed for assigning a job to grid computers on a computing grid that includes collecting information from the grid computers about attributes of the computer, grouping the computers into groups based upon the attributes, receiving a job from a customer, determining the attributes needed to perform the job, comparing the attributes needed to perform the job to the attributes of the groups, and submitting the job to at least one of the grid computers of the group having the needed attributes. Also disclosed is a method of reporting progress of performance of a job by a grid computer, which includes receiving a job by the grid computer, initiating performance of the job on the grid computer, periodically communicating a current status of the performance of the job on the grid computer, and returning results of the performance of the job to the grid manager.
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