The Interfaces in the Apple Qmaster Distributed Processing
System
The Apple Qmaster system is a suite of applications that work together to provide
maximum power and flexibility for distributed processing. The elements of the system
can be combined in a variety of ways to suit your needs.
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In general, you use the Apple Qmaster Sharing window in Compressor to configure service
nodes and cluster controllers and to create service nodes for This Computer Plus clusters
and QuickClusters, which provide what most users need. System administrators use
Apple Qadministrator for advanced cluster creation and control. Client users use
Compressor or Apple Qmaster to submit batches of jobs for processing. Finally, Share
Monitor can be used by both administrators and client users to monitor and manage
batches.
Apple Qadministrator
Share Monitor
QuickCluster
Users: Administrators and client users
Use to: Monitor batches that have
been sent to clusters
Compressor
Users: Administrators
Use to: Create service nodes and
cluster controllers
Users: Administrators
Use to: Assemble clusters of service nodes
and cluster controllers
Compressor or Apple Qmaster
Users: Client users
Use to: Submit jobs to clusters
for processing
Note: It is possible to create a simple (personal) distributed processing system and skip
Apple Qadministrator altogether. See
Getting Started Quickly Using This Computer Plus
and
Getting Started Quickly Using QuickClusters
for more information. See
Apple Qmaster
Sharing Window of Compressor
for information on all of its settings.
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