Resource Management

LSF Functions

The LSF software provides a full range of resource management functions. You can establish policies for where and when batch jobs can be run. Monitoring processes are put in place to control the amount of resources consumed by batch jobs. After batch jobs are run, information about job resource usage, number of jobs run, and so on is recorded for later workload analysis and department charge back.

Establishing Policies

The LSF software provides a number of controls that can be used to establish resource management policies. These controls include: setting job priorities, establishing scheduling policies, setting limits on job slots, and setting user permissions.

Job Priorities

Each LSF batch queue has a priority number. The LSF ...