Torque Insights

What is Torque?

Torque, short for Torque Resource Manager, is an open-source, distributed resource manager providing control over batch jobs and distributed computer resources. It is commonly used in high-performance computing (HPC) environments to manage and schedule workloads across clusters of computers.

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What other technologies are related to Torque?

Torque Competitor Technologies

Moab

A workload manager and job scheduler, directly competing with Torque for resource allocation and job execution management.

mentioned alongside Torque in 39% (62) of relevant job posts

Slurm

A widely used workload manager, competing with Torque in scheduling and managing jobs on compute clusters.

mentioned alongside Torque in 4% (323) of relevant job posts

PBS

PBS (Portable Batch System) is a workload management system and a direct competitor to Torque. Torque is based on PBS.

mentioned alongside Torque in 8% (152) of relevant job posts

SGE

Sun Grid Engine (SGE) is a workload manager, offering similar functionality to Torque in scheduling and resource management.

mentioned alongside Torque in 8% (52) of relevant job posts

LSF

IBM Spectrum LSF is a workload management platform that competes with Torque for scheduling and resource allocation.

mentioned alongside Torque in 3% (76) of relevant job posts

Torque Complementary Technologies

Lustre

A parallel distributed file system often used in HPC environments, providing high-performance storage for jobs managed by Torque.

mentioned alongside Torque in 4% (141) of relevant job posts

Singularity

A containerization technology that allows users to package applications and their dependencies, ensuring portability and reproducibility of jobs submitted to Torque.

mentioned alongside Torque in 3% (87) of relevant job posts

InfiniBand

A high-speed interconnect technology often used in HPC clusters to provide fast communication between nodes, benefiting applications managed by Torque.

mentioned alongside Torque in 2% (111) of relevant job posts