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PBS["name"]

represents an Altair Portable Batch System with the specified name.

PBS["name",n]

represents an Altair Portable Batch System "name" with n Wolfram Language kernels.

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ClusterIntegration`
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PBS

PBS["name"]

represents an Altair Portable Batch System with the specified name.

PBS["name",n]

represents an Altair Portable Batch System "name" with n Wolfram Language kernels.

Details and Options

  • "name" is typically the name or IP address of the cluster head node.
  • PBS[] is equivalent to PBS["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 PBS, 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), PBS, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/PBS.html.

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_pbs, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PBS}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/PBS.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_pbs, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PBS}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ClusterIntegration/ref/PBS.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}