HFSS15: Scheduler Terminology

• Core: unit of processing

• Processor: consists of one or more cores

• Machine/Host/Node: consists of one or more processors, memory, disk, etc.

• Resource: Machines, licenses, etc. that are used by a Job

• Job: Application (also called: program, executable), with command line options, that uses resources to produce useful results. For example, hfss.exe –ng –BatchSolve …

• Serial Job: job that runs on a single core

• Parallel Job: job that runs on multiple cores (belonging to same or different machines)

• Compute Cluster: network of machines on which Jobs run. Typically, consists of head node(s) and many compute nodes

• Service: Program that runs in the background (e.g. RSM Service). ‘Listens’ on a ‘port’. OS provides programming interface by which Applications communicate with service, once machine and port number are known. Launching an executable on remote machine, requires a service to run on remote machine.

Ansoft Terminology

• Desktop: The main application used to accomplish a task, such as hfss. The desktop may run as a GUI or it may run as a batch command.

• Engine: Application (aka: executable) that is launched during analysis commands, to generate analysis results

• Multi-processing: A single engine uses multiple cores on the same machine

• Distributed-processing: Multiple engines are launched simultaneously (on same machine or different machines). Uses ansoft_distrib (and related) license.

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