Using Condor Batch Cluster Processing In Statistics

Path to Condor Utilities

Condor utilities are located in the /unsup area, and the path to the utilities is:

/unsup/condor/bin

So, to get the current Condor status, execute:

/unsup/condor/bin/condor_status

If you use Condor a lot, add Condor to your path:

set path = ( $path /unsup/condor/bin )

Condor Submit Options

You generally can submit Condor jobs from your assigned Linux server (typically deskXX), if you have one. deskXX systems can submit either 32 bit or 64 bit Condor jobs.

Tutorials on Using Condor

Xianhong Xie gave a Statistics seminar/tutorial about using R with Condor back in Feb. 2005. You may want to review the slides from that presentation.

The Biomedical Computing Group (BCG) has a nice, brief tutorial on using Condor for Statistics applications, including R. Please check that out, but keep in mind that you need to substitute your own computer names and directories for the examples shown. Also, please note that in their Submit Description Files, SAS and MATLAB are included as applications that can run under Condor. For Statistics, these cannot be used and only the R description applies. The R executable in Statistics is at /unsup/R/bin/R.

Submitting Long-Running R Jobs Through Condor

There are special options available to execute long-running R jobs through Condor. Please check with SCL (lab@stat.wisc.edu) for additional information on using these options.

-- MikeCammilleri - 18 Aug 2010