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h1. Setup job submission server
In this case, we are setting up a job submission server that will have all of the data directories mounted and external packages installed (EMAN, Xmipp, etc.) on the system. Most institutions have a job submission server already, but the data is not accessible. Appion is not set up for this scenario except for large reconstruction jobs.
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h2. PBS and the Torque Resource Manager
PBS stands for a "Portable Batch System":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Batch_System. It is a job submission system meaning that users submit many jobs and the server prioritizes and executes each job as resources permit. Below we show how to install the popular open source PBS system called "TORQUE":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TORQUE_Resource_Manager.
A TORQUE cluster consists of one head node and many compute nodes. The head node runs the *pbs_server daemon* and the compute nodes run the *pbs_mom daemon*. Client commands for submitting and managing jobs can be installed on any host (including hosts not running pbs_server or pbs_mom). More documentation about Torque is "available here.":http://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/docs/
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h2. Head node installation
h3. Install Torque-server
Torque available in with Fedora and CentOS 5.4 (through the EPEL). For YUM based systems type:
<pre>
sudo yum -y install torque-server torque-scheduler
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h3. Initialize Torque-server
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export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin
sudo /usr/share/doc/torque-2.3.10/torque.setup root
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h3. Activate Torque-server
Enable the torque pbs_mom daemon on reboot:
<pre>
sudo /sbin/chkconfig pbs_server on
sudo /sbin/service pbs_server start
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h3. Configure Torque-server
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h2. Compute node installation
h3. Install Torque-mom
Torque available in with Fedora and CentOS 5.4 (through the EPEL). For YUM based systems type:
<pre>
sudo yum -y install torque-mom torque-client
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h3. Activate Torque-mom
Enable the torque pbs_mom daemon on reboot:
<pre>
sudo /sbin/chkconfig pbs_mom on
sudo /sbin/service pbs_mom start
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