GNU Parallel Alternatives

GNU Parallel is described as 'GNU parallel is a command-line driven utility for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems which allows the user to execute shell scripts or commands in parallel. GNU parallel is free software, written by Ole Tange in Perl' and is an app. There are four alternatives to GNU Parallel for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best GNU Parallel alternative is OpenLava, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Parallel are WinRM, IBM Spectrum LSF and HTCondor.

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    OpenLava

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    OpenLava is an open source workload job scheduler for a cluster of computers.[1] OpenLava was derived from an early version of Platform LSF.[2] Its configuration file syntax, application program interface (API), and command-line interface (CLI) have been kept unchanged.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    WinRM

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    WinRM (Windows Remote Management) Is the name of Microsoft's remoting software for sending commands and scripts to remote computers where they can be scheduled as a job on the remote computers..

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    IBM Spectrum LSF

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    LSF Session Scheduler enables users to run large collections of short duration tasks within the allocation of a single LSF job using a job-level task scheduler that allocates resources for the job once, and reuses the allocated resources for each task.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    HTCondor

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    HTCondor is an open-source high-throughput computing software framework for coarse-grained distributed parallelization of computationally intensive tasks.[1] It can be used to manage workload on a dedicated cluster of computers, or to farm out work to idle desktop computers –...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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