Apple Qmaster 3 - Manual (Page 34)

In general, you use the Apple Qmaster pane of System Preferences to configure service
nodes and cluster controllers and to create simple clusters. System administrators use
Apple Qadministrator for advanced cluster creation and control. Client users use
Compressor or Apple Qmaster to submit batches of jobs for processing. Finally,
Batch Monitor can be used by both administrators and client users to monitor and manage
batches.
Apple Qadministrator
Batch Monitor
QuickCluster
Users: Administrators and client users
Use to: Monitor batches that have
been sent to clusters
System Preferences
Users: Administrators
Use to: Create service nodes and
cluster controllers
Users: Administrators
Use to: Assemble clusters of service nodes
and cluster controllers
Compressor or Apple Qmaster
Users: Client users
Use to: Submit jobs to clusters
for processing
Note: It is possible to create a simple (personal) distributed processing system and skip
Apple Qadministrator altogether. See
Apple Qmaster Pane of System Preferences and
About QuickClusters for more information.
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