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LSF["name"]

represents a Platform Load Sharing Facility cluster with the specified name.

LSF["name",n]

represents a Platform Load Sharing Facility "name" with n Wolfram Language kernels.

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LSF

LSF["name"]

represents a Platform Load Sharing Facility cluster with the specified name.

LSF["name",n]

represents a Platform Load Sharing Facility "name" with n Wolfram Language kernels.

Details and Options

  • "name" is typically the name or IP address of the cluster head node.
  • LSF[] is equivalent to LSF["localhost"].
  • The following options can be given:
  • "KernelOptions"command-line options for the Wolfram Language kernel
    "KernelProgram"full path to the Wolfram Language kernel
    "NetworkInterface"network interface to use
    "Timeout"timeout limit
  • To use LSF, you first need to load Cluster Integration using Needs["ClusterIntegration`"].

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Launch two compute kernels:

Close the compute kernels:

Wolfram Research (2008), LSF, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), LSF, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "LSF." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). LSF. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_lsf, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LSF}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_lsf, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LSF}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/LSF.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}