Longbow: A Lightweight Remote Job Submission Tool

Authors

  • James Gebbie-Rayet Scientific Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory
  • Gareth Shannon School of Pharmacy and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham
  • Hannes H. Loeffler Scientific Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory
  • Charles A. Laughton School of Pharmacy and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.95

Keywords:

Remote job submission, high performance computing, HPC, molecular dynamics, MD, biosimulation, biomolecular simulation, longbow, hecbiosim, job management, automated job submission

Abstract

We present Longbow, a lightweight console-based remote job submission tool and library. Longbow allows the user to quickly and simply run jobs on high performance computing facilities without leaving their familiar desktop environment. Not only does Longbow greatly simplify the management of compute- intensive jobs for experienced researchers, it also lowers the technical barriers surrounding high perfor-mance computation for the next generation of scientists and engineers. Longbow has already been used to remotely submit jobs in a number of projects and has the potential to redefine the manner in which high performance computers are used. 

Author Biographies

James Gebbie-Rayet, Scientific Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory

Computational Research Scientist

Gareth Shannon, School of Pharmacy and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biomolecular Simulation

Hannes H. Loeffler, Scientific Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory

Senior Computational Scientist

Charles A. Laughton, School of Pharmacy and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham

Associate Professor & Reader in Molecular Recognition

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Published

2016-01-27

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Software Metapapers

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