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 2,000 customers, 5 million CPUs under management (more than 100,000 cores and 1,500,000 pending jobs per cluster)
- 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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