Intelligent, policy-driven batch application workload processing
LSF is software for managing and accelerating batch workload processing for compute- and data-intensive applications. With LSF, you can intelligently schedule and guarantee completion of batch workload across a distributed, virtualized IT environment. LSF fully utilizes all IT resources regardless of operating system, including desktops, servers and mainframes to ensure policy-driven, prioritized service levels for always-on access to resources. LSF is based on the production-proven, open, grid-enabling, Virtual Execution Machine architecture that sets the benchmark for performance and scalability across heterogeneous environments. LSF is the leading commercial solution for production-quality workload management.
Features & Benefits
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High Performing, Open Scalable Architecture | - Based on a production-proven, open, grid-enabling, Virtual Execution Machine architecture that sets new benchmark for performance and scalability
- Proven, risk-free investment with over 1,600 customers, including deployments in over 100 clusters, 200,000 CPUs and 500,000 active jobs per cluster
- OGSI-compliant - standards-based solution enabling interoperability with third party systems
- Unlimited flexibility as your organization grows
- Web-based, SOAP/XML interface facilitates the customization and integration of applications
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Most Comprehensive Set of Intelligent Scheduling Policies | - Ensures the right resources are automatically allocated to the right users for maximum efficiency
- Meets service level agreements for various users and projects
- Provides extensive control to support multiple policy centers
- Ensures workload is executed reliably and on time
- Ensures optimal resource utilization
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Advanced Self-Management | - Self-healing - reduce administration and management requirements and associated costs - lowered Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Self-adaptive - dynamically allocating resources to adapt to a changing IT infrastructure
- Resilient workload execution for superior fault tolerance
- Guaranteed zero downtime with automated fail-over
- Assures business continuity and always-on availability
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Heterogeneous Platform Support | - Leverage investments in existing IT resources
- Integrate clusters with multiple different platforms
- Support for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems
- Administration and management from a single point of control
- Hide the details and complexities of underlying computing infrastructure
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Extensive Application Support | - Protect existing software investment and seamlessly integrate with third-party applications
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Comprehensive, Extensible and Standards-based Security | - Secure access to computing resources ensuring only authorized users gain access to a cluster
- Standard 56-bit encryption on authentication (and optional 128-bit encryption)
- Optional Kerberos authentication
- Secure, transparent access to local and remote data files
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Availability
LSF is available for all platforms contained in the current list of Platform Computing.
LSF Support
If you want technical support for LSF, then our LSF Support is gladly at your disposal.
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