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The cluster management software is used to install and monitor the HPC system. Bright Cluster Manager (BCM) is the recommended cluster management software for installing and monitoring the HPC system.
Workload management and job scheduling can be handled efficiently with Altair® PBS Professional®. PBS Professional features include policy-based scheduling, OS provisioning, shrink-to-fit jobs, preemption, and failover. Its topology-aware scheduling optimizes task placement, improving application performance and reducing network contention. Many applications from Altair and other leading ISV’s incorporate PBS Professional specific interfaces into their applications to improve the ease of use and performance for these applications with PBS Professional.