Meta-scheduling or Super scheduling is a computer software

Computer software

Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....

 technique of optimizing computational workloads by combining an organization's multiple Distributed Resource Managers into a single aggregated view, allowing batch jobs to be directed to the best location for execution.

Implementations

The following is a partial list of noteworthy open source and commercial meta-schedulers currently available.

• GridWay
  GridWay
  GridWay is an open source meta-scheduling technology that enables large-scale, secure, reliable and efficient sharing of computing resources , managed by different DRM systems, such as Sun Grid Engine, Condor, PBS, Load Sharing Facility..., within a single organization or scattered...
  
   by the Globus Alliance
  Globus Alliance
  The Globus Alliance is an international association dedicated to developing fundamental technologies needed to build grid computing infrastructures...
  
  
• Community Scheduler Framework by Platform Computing
  Platform Computing
  Platform Computing is a privately held software company that is primarily known for its job scheduling product, Load Sharing Facility . It was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is currently headquartered in Markham, Ontario with 11 branch offices across the United States, Europe and...
  
   & Jilin University
  Jilin University
  Jilin University is a leading national university under the direct jurisdiction of China's Ministry of Education.-History:Founded in 1946 as the Northeast College of Administration in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Jilin University merged with many Universities and colleges and changed its name many times...
  
  
• MP Synergy by United Devices
  United Devices
  United Devices, Inc. was a privately held, commercial distributed computing company that focused on the use of grid computing to manage HPC infrastructures and enterprise cluster management...
  
  
• Moab Cluster Suite and Maui Cluster scheduler from Adaptive Computing
• DIOGENES (DIstributed Optimal GENEtic algorithm for grid applications Scheduling, started project)
• SynfiniWay
  SynfiniWay
  SynfiniWay is middleware with which a virtualised IT framework can be created that provides a uniform and global view of resources within a department, a company, or a company with its suppliers . This virtualised IT framework is service-oriented, meaning that applications are run as services,...
  
  's meta-scheduler.

External links

• Super Scheduler project by the Asia-Pacific Science Technology Center.