Job-centric scheduling in a grid environment
First Claim
1. A system for scheduling jobs in a networked computing grid having one or more job service components for creating one or more jobs comprising executable program code and having certain resource requirements for completing an electronic task, comprising:
- a plurality of resource manager components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid and communicatively linked with the one or more job service components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid, each resource manager component being configured to manage a plurality of resources provided by a plurality of host machines associated with the networked computing grid; and
one or more information components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid and communicatively linked with the one or more job service components and the plurality of resource manager components, the one or more information components being configured to aggregate resource data obtained from the plurality of resource manager components;
wherein the one or more jobs are created by corresponding ones of the one or more job service components to further include a scheduling mechanism in their program code for querying the one or more information components for resource data, comparing the resource data against the resource requirements and independently scheduling the one or more jobs to one or more of the plurality of resource manager components.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for scheduling jobs in a networked computing grid having job service components for creating jobs having certain resource requirements are described. One embodiment includes resource manager components communicatively linked with the job service components, each resource manager component being configured to manage a plurality of resources. Such a system further includes information components communicatively linked with the job service components and the resource manager components, the information components being configured to aggregate resource data obtained from the resource manager components. The jobs include a scheduling mechanism for querying the information components for resource data, comparing the resource data against the resource requirements and independently scheduling the job to the resource manager components. A resource reservation is also provided for reserving resources for the jobs.
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1. A system for scheduling jobs in a networked computing grid having one or more job service components for creating one or more jobs comprising executable program code and having certain resource requirements for completing an electronic task, comprising:
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a plurality of resource manager components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid and communicatively linked with the one or more job service components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid, each resource manager component being configured to manage a plurality of resources provided by a plurality of host machines associated with the networked computing grid; and one or more information components deployed in at least one cluster in the networked computing grid and communicatively linked with the one or more job service components and the plurality of resource manager components, the one or more information components being configured to aggregate resource data obtained from the plurality of resource manager components; wherein the one or more jobs are created by corresponding ones of the one or more job service components to further include a scheduling mechanism in their program code for querying the one or more information components for resource data, comparing the resource data against the resource requirements and independently scheduling the one or more jobs to one or more of the plurality of resource manager components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for scheduling a job in a networked computing grid, the job comprising executable program code and having certain resource requirements for completing an electronic task, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of resources within the networked computing grid; providing one or more resource manager components for managing one or more of the plurality of resources; providing one or more information components in communication with the one or more resource manager components, the one or more information components being operable to aggregate resource data obtained from the one or more resource manager components; enabling the job in its program code to schedule itself to one or more of the plurality of resources, wherein enabling the job comprises enabling the job to query the one or more information components and evaluate whether one or more of the plurality of resources is compatible with the resource requirements of the job; and scheduling the job via its program code to the one or more of the plurality of resources based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for scheduling a job comprising executable program code and having certain resource requirements for completing an electronic task within a networked computing grid having a plurality of resources, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of resource manager components for managing the plurality of resources associated with the networked computing grid; aggregating resource data obtained from the resource manager components; enabling the job in its program code to query the resource data to evaluate whether one or more of the plurality of resources is compatible with the resource requirements of the job; and scheduling the job via its program code to one or more of the plurality of resources determined to be compatible with the resource requirements of the job via communication between the job and one or more of the plurality of resource manager components associated with the one or more of the plurality of resources determined to be compatible. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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