User`s guide

Glossary
Glossary-3
homogeneous cluster
A cluster of identical machines, in terms of both hardware
and software.
independent job
A job composed of independent tasks, which do not
communication with each other during evaluation. Tasks
do not need to run simultaneously.
job
The complete large-scale operation to perform in
MATLAB, composed of a set of tasks.
job scheduler checkpoint
information
Snapshot of information necessary for the MATLAB job
scheduler to recover from a system crash or reboot.
job scheduler database
The database that the MATLAB job scheduler uses to
store the information about its jobs and tasks.
LOGDIR
The name of the parameter in the mdce_def file that
defines the directory where logs are stored.
MATLAB client
See client.
MATLAB job scheduler (MJS)
The MathWorks process that queues jobs and assigns
tasks to workers. Formerly known as a job manager.
MATLAB worker
See worker.
mdce
The service that has to run on all machines before they
can run a MATLAB job scheduler or worker. This is
the engine foundation process, making sure that the
job scheduler and worker processes that it controls are
always running.
Note that the program and service name is all lowercase
letters.
mdce_def file
The file that defines all the defaults for the mdce
processes by allowing you to set preferences or definitions
in the form of parameter values.
MPI
Message Passing Interface, the means by which workers
communicate with each other while running tasks in the
same job.