Batch queues on Unix?

[Daan Sandee]

In article <591 at caldwr.UUCP> rfinch at caldwr.UUCP (Ralph Finch) writes:
>
>We run lots of long-running numerical models.  Is there a true batch
>queing system available on Unix?  Specifically, SunOS 4.x.  Desired
>features would be:
(etc)

This is an easy one. An outfit called Sterling Software wrote a package
called NQS (Network Queuing System) specifically for Cray's and for the
Sun (and maybe for Ultrix), according to specifications from NASA at Ames.
NASA Ames then put it in the public domain. We have it here on our Suns
- I don't know how we got it. You can start by contacting Eugene Miya
(eugene at aurora.arc.nasa.gov  or uunet!ames!eugene)  and he will tell you
the status and how to get the source. Or I can try find out where we got
it from and I'll mail you that information.
Yes, it has all the features you want and many more. Since then, Cray
has put in a lot of bells and whistles at NASA's request and they're now
fighting whether it's proprietary or public software. But the Sun version
we have is the original one. We use a similar version on our ETA-10 and
it has all we need - indeed, it is a lot more sophisticated than the base
O/S, which is straight AT&T S 5.3.

Daan Sandee
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee               sandee at sun6.scri.fsu.edu