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Harness the power of Windows,Unix, Linux and Mac OS/X machines

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computationGrid

Harness the power of Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OS/X

machinesTurn your existing machines into a large compute

resource using inferno Grid technology

• Easy installation and administration• Automatic update of node software and datasets• Resilient to client, server and network failures• Grid workflow specification• High security – fully authenticated network connections• Free academic licence

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ControlCreate, start, stop, delete and change job priority with immediate effect

InformationJob description and parameters

Job Administration

StatusDetailed progress report for currently selected job

DisplayAll scheduled jobs with current status and priority

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Node Administration

Connected

Not Connected

Dead

Blacklisted

ControlInclude, exclude and delete nodes

Job GroupAssign nodes to individual job groups

InformationSee node operating system & list of installed packages

Power BarSee how much of the grid is being utilised

% available

% in use

At a Glance ViewingQuickly see the current state of the grid with colour coded job ids

Job id Task id

DisplayAll known nodes and current status

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The Grid in Action

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Starting a new jobSelect the type of job to be started

Enter parameters for the new job

New job appears in job monitor

As the job runs, the progress will be updated

Nodes begin processing the new job The progress report can

display percentile or numeric output

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Raising job priority

Controlling Jobs

Starting a job

Status will change to running

Select a job to startClick on

Click on to raise the job priority

Nodes will begin processing new highest priority job

Stopping a job

Click onSelect ‘Stop & Teardown’ to stop job immediately

Nodes will start processing other jobsDeleting a job

Click on

Click on refresh ( ) to update the display

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Click ‘Do it now’ to remove the nodes immediatelyChange the display back to ‘Show all nodes’

Job groups are used to assign specific nodes to certain jobs

Using job groupsBy default, each job group contains all nodesSelect the job group to be modifiedSelect the ‘Group Nodes’ display

optionSelect the nodes to remove from job group 27

Click ‘Remove from group’

Now raise job 27 priority to the top

The nodes which are in job group 27 will now start processing job 27

It is also possible to exclude a node completely so that it will not be given any work

Select a node and clickWhen excluded, the node will appear greyed out and stop any work it is currently doing

The removed nodes continue processing job 25

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Node ManagementIf a node keeps failing tasks, it will be automatically excluded and blacklistedTo unblacklist and include a node, select it and click

The node will then automatically begin processing any available tasksNodes are marked as dead when disconnected for longer than 5 days (default)To delete disconnected and dead nodes, select the required nodes and click

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"We have experience of running other grid software but the Inferno Grid is the best we have come across"

Joe MernaghChief Knowledge Officer at Evotec OAI