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Resource allocation method and system

US8046759B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2005
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/5072
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of executing a bag of tasks application in a cluster over a distributed computing system, the cluster having a cluster resource manager. The method includes requesting that the cluster resource manager authorize access by a remote user of the distributed computing system to any idle nodes of the cluster, submitting a bag of tasks slave process to the cluster resource manager, loading the bag of tasks slave process in one of the idle nodes without an allocation operation, sequentially scheduling tasks from the bag of tasks to the bag of tasks slave process, and executing the bag of tasks slave process either until finished or until the node in which the bag of tasks slave process is loaded is required owing to a local allocation request.

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