| Title | PBS: the Portable Batch System |
| Revision | 1.1.12 |
| Purpose | batch queuing / job management system |
| Package type | set of programs |
| Application area | Operating System |
| Abstract | Product Benefits: The Portable Batch System (PBS) is a flexible batch system developed at NASA Ames (the authors of NQS). It operates on networked multi-platform UNIX environments including heterogeneous clusters of workstations, supercomputers, and massively parallel systems. |
| Submittor | NAS Facility |
| Contact | PBS Customer Support |
| Phone | (650) 967-4675 |
| support@pbs.mrj.com | |
| Company/ Institution | NASA Ames Research Center |
| CUG Site Code | NAS |
| Distribution method | WWW |
| URL | http://pbs.mrj.com |
| Distribution restrictions | none |
| Copyright | licensed |
| License required | yes |
| License fee | none |
| Hardware | Cray, SGI, IBM, DEC, SUN, TMC, Intel, HP |
| Operating System | UNICOS, IRIX, AIX, DigitalUNIX, SunOS, Solaris, CMost, Linux, OSF/1 |
| Compiler(s) | cc, gcc |
| Program support | continuous basis |
| Documentation | README file, Makefile, man pages, user documentation, installer/administrator documentation |
| Portability to other UNIX systems | Portablility was a design requirement for PBS, and as such is fairly easily ported to new systems. |
| Additional comments | For over three years PBS has been distributed under a NASA beta software agreement. It is now available under a no-fee site license from MRJ Technology Solutions. Customization, services, support and maintenance of PBS are also available from MRJ. Visit the PBS website for details. |