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IBM Spectrum LSF
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<h2 id="details">Details</h2> <p>It can be used to execute <a href="/facts/Batch_job/hKY2rX3N">batch jobs</a> on networked Unix and Windows systems on many different architectures.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> LSF was based on the <i>Utopia</i> research project at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto/FpGjQNm9">University of Toronto</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 2007, Platform released <i>Platform Lava</i>, which is a simplified version of LSF based on an old version of LSF release, licensed under <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a> v2.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The project was discontinued in 2011, succeeded by <a href="/facts/OpenLava/xluxu4ho">OpenLava</a>. </p><p>In January, 2012, <a href="/facts/Platform_Computing/LlL8b5pv">Platform Computing</a> was acquired by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The product is now called IBM Spectrum LSF. </p><p>IBM Spectrum LSF Community Edition is a no-charge community edition of the IBM Spectrum LSF workload management platform. </p> <h2 id="also-see">Also See</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sun_Grid_Engine/sHtT9jnX">Sun Grid Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/HTCondor/XBcYDcvU">HTCondor</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Mike Ault; Madhu Tumma (2004). Oracle 10g Grid & Real Application Clusters. Rampant TechPress. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-9744355-4-1. <a href="978-0-9744355-4-1" target="_blank">978-0-9744355-4-1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Goering, Richard (March 8, 1999). "Load sharing brings kudos". EE Times Online. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2007-11-12. LSF ... enables load sharing by distributing jobs to available CPUs in heterogeneous networks ... but don't tell them that; they'll just want to raise their prices <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221712/http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/columns/tool_talk/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17404463" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221712/http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/columns/tool_talk/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17404463</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Zhou, Songnian; Wang, Jingwen; Zheng, Xiaohu; Delisle, Pierre (1993). "Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.121.1434. <a href="/wiki/CiteSeerX_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/CiteSeerX_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Platform Lava". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-03-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110421033714/http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/lava-5/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110421033714/http://www.hpccommunity.org/section/lava-5/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112053601/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36372.wss" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120112053601/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36372.wss</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>