LSF connects server to a single cluster. In SAS, LSF Cluster and SAS Grid refers to same. Platform Suite of SAS comprised of following softwares : LSF - Load Sharing Facility PM - Process Manager GMS - Grid Management Services LSF: LSF requires that its configuration files reside in a shared drive which is accessible from all servers in the grid. LSF cluster is controlled by LSF Master. There can be multiple master but only one will be active. It dispatches job to the server based on load indices and policies. LSF Queues - Any job submission first goes to queue and LSF check the queue for every 30 seconds and dispatch to the server. EGO - Enterprise Grid Orchestrator - Provides Fault Tolerance and High Availability Platform Process Manager - Flow manager and calendar editor. It runs process jfd Grid Management Services - Information from LSF is passed to SAS Grid Manager plugin in SMC Daemon: SAS Grid Manager SAS Components: Grid Manager Plugin - SMC plugin SASGSUB - Synchronous a
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