NHSE Software Catalog

Load Balancer

url

http://www.unison.com/main-menu/products/operations/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.html

title_line

automatic queueing and distribution of jobs across
heterogeneous UNIX networks

abstract

Load Balancer attempts to optimize the use of computer resources by
distributing workloads to available UNIX systems across a network.
Load Balancer determines availability based on capacity and current
workload of each computer, resources required by the submitted job,
and user defined and other contraints.

keywords

load balancing; resource allocation; job scheduling;
workstation cluster