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| 1.1 Preliminaries |
| 1.2 Which Condor? |
| 1.3 The Exercises |
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Preliminaries
You might want to refer to the
online Condor manual.
You may enjoy browsing the
Condor web page.
You may enjoy seeing
just how cute Alain's children are .
1.2 Which Condor?
You are going to do the exercises on a pre-installed version of Condor that will allow us to use all of the computers at the summer school as a single Condor pool.
Condor has two types of releases at any given time: stable and development. Condor 6.6.x and 6.8.x are considered stable releases, because the second digit (6 and 8, respectively) is an even number. In a given stable series, all versions have the same features (that is, 6.8.0 and 6.8.10 have the same set of features) and differ only in bug fixes.
Condor 6.8.6 is the latest stable release of Condor. You know it's a stable release because the second digit (8) is an even number.
Condor 6.9.4 is the latest development release of Condor. Similar to the stables releases, you know it's a development release because the second digit (9) is an odd number. Development releases add new features and are more likely to have serious bugs. This is the fourth release in the development series.
For this class we will be using Condor 6.9.5, which is a development release version of Condor. (Actually it is a pre-release of 6.9.5. You'll notice that the Condor web page has 6.9.4 on it. We expect 6.9.5 will be released any day now, almost certainly this week.)
Generally, in a class setting we would use a stable release—for reliability; however, in this class we will be using a development release, because it offers VM Universe which is not included in any of the current stable releases.
1.3 The Exercises
Throughout the Condor exercises, you will be given a fair amount of guidance. In several spots, there are suggestions for "extra credit". Since you aren't being graded, there is no extra credit, but we encourage you to try them out. If you prefer, you can come back to the extra credit after you've completed the basic exercises.
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