*NEW* Module list entry: (Please add!) 4) Operating System Schedule:: ::Load RdpO Remote system load, processes, and scheduling WSNYDER ====================================================================== Announcing Schedule::Load! Schedule::Load provides information about loading and top processes across many machines in a network. It also allows Perl programs to pick the best (fastest to complete a job) machine in the network. % rtop HOST CPUs FREQ TotCPU% LOAD RATE RL ARCH/OS alpha 8 400 27.9% 2 17.12 sun4-solaris 2.6 omega 1 333 0.2% 1 inf R1 Reserved: qzurns at 17-Jan 10:29 beta 6 248 69.4% 5 19.46 sun4-solaris 2.6 HOST PID USER NICE MEM STATE RUNTM CPU% COMMAND beta 4678 qmullens 0 34M cpu1 3:04 12.4% vt urx/urx_cell_ms alpha 4047 charlieg 19 147M cpu9 16:44 12.4% dc_shell ccr_iorg % rschedule best Best host is 'alpha' Included is a little example that complains and renices users when they go over 1 hour of CPU time without being at nice 19. -Wilson