Workload Management Software

	Grid Engine Software
	Univa UD Solutions
	Run Time Design Automation's FlowTracer NCTM

Workload management software manages and accelerates batch workload processing for compute and data intensive applications. Application processes are submitted to the workload manager and it finds the most appropriate compute resources to run the jobs. When the jobs are done, the results are sent back to the users. Policies and priorities can be set so multiple groups or users can share the compute resources.

Grid Engine Software
Grid Engine software creates a grid of network-connected servers, workstations, and desktops; provides user access to the grid; and provides administrative and management interfaces. Computing tasks or jobs are distributed across the grid in accordance with resource requirements for the job, user requests for the job, and administrative/managerial policies. Usage accounting data is stored and made available so that it is possible to determine what resources were used in the execution of a job and for whom the job was run. This information can be used to minimize bottlenecks and maximize overall resource utilization.

Grid Engine is used in enterprises to create grids at both a department level and at a multi-department or enterprise level. Through the pooling of departmental resources into larger enterprise grids, multiple users, teams, and departments can share common resources while working on different projects with different goals and schedules.  This provides better resource availability to all users in a flexible, policy-based environment. Productivity can be dramatically increased compared to pre-grid approaches. Financial customers, such as TradingLab, are able to run a 10-hour risk portfolio analysis in 10 minutes. Mentor Graphics, an electronic design automation software supplier, can run an application that previously took 13 hours in 45 minutes on their grid.  For more information, go to http://www.sun.com/software/gridware/

Grid Engine Open Source vs. N1 Grid Engine 6 from Sun Microsystems
The open source version of Grid Engine offers the same advantages as N1 Grid Engine 6 from Sun Microsystems but has a few differences. They are:

Univa UD Products and Solutions - Solutions for the Full Distributed Computing Lifecycle

Univa UD is the leading provider of high-performance computing systems management and application delivery software.

Their products simplify the complex nature of deploying and operating HPC and application delivery environments, saving customers' time and resources while giving them confidence that their solution will perform as expected.

Products include:
- Unicluster product information
- Unicluster Express
- Unicluster Pro Packs
- Grid MP
- Insight

Flowtracer/NC - The high-performance grid computing engine
Flowtracer/NC is a high-performance grid computing engine. It offers network computing services such as load balancing, job queuing and resource management.

Flowtracer/NC provides unique visualization capabilities that allow designers to see at a glance which jobs have completed and which jobs have failed. When jobs are unsuccessful, relevant log files are a click away, saving designers from searching through reams of data.

Flowtracer/NC optimizes the use of hardware and software resources by combining resources across a group, department, or organization, and acting as a "traffic coordinator" assign processing tasks to CPUs in an optimal way. With automatic dispatching, queuing, and load balancing, each job is sent to the fastest machine that offers the necessary resources. This keeps computers and expensive software licenses running 24/7, increasing utilization of existing resources. In addition to using hardware and software resources more efficiently, designers become more productive when they can focus on design rather than manually tracking their jobs to completion.

For more information, please email info@gridgateway.com