Batrun: utilizing idle workstations for large scale computing
Fredy Tandiary, Suraj C. Kothari, Ashish Dixit, E. W. Anderson · IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology Systems & Applications · 1996
The Batrun distributed processing system locates idle workstations in a cluster and uses them as one virtual computer for batch processing. To guarantee that local users have top priority for their machines, Batrun preempts the batch jobs and migrates them to other machines.