Is it possible to use just a part of the CPU of the slaves?

[Greg Lindahl]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 01:54:15PM -0300, Miguel Hatrick wrote:

> I'm thinking about making a cluster with all the computers of the
> campus but i'm wondering if it's possible to configure it to either
> use them when they are idle or to just use a part of the CPU power of
> the slaves. Could anyone give a hint? or perhaps tell me where to look
> for information?

This is exactly what "Condor" was designed to do. It's extremely
mature software.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/

-- greg