Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 214)

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What is Apple Qmaster?
Apple Qmaster is used for two separate purposes: to configure service nodes and cluster controllers
in a distributed processing network, and to submit jobs and batches for distributed processing.
The Apple Qmaster application is one part of the larger Apple Qmaster distributed processing
system, which also includes Compressor, Apple Qadministrator, and Share Monitor. The complete
system includes controls for configuring clusters of processing computers and for monitoring,
pausing, resuming, or canceling work that has been submitted.
To set up your computer to be part of a distributed processing network, you use the Apple
Qmaster Sharing window. You can also use the Apple Qmaster Sharing window to activate,
create, or make changes to Apple Qmaster cluster-controlling and processing services (including
passwords and scratch storage locations).
Use the Apple Qmaster Sharing window
to configure service nodes and cluster controllers
Service
node
Cluster
controller
To learn more about distributed processing, see Distributed processing overview on page 215.
To learn more about the Apple Qmaster Sharing window, see Setup pane of the Apple
Qmaster Sharing window on page 253 and Advanced pane of the Apple Qmaster Sharing
window on page 254.
Use Apple Qmaster to set up
a distributed processing system
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