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Job Arrays
LSF provides a structure called a job array that allows a sequence of jobs that
share the same executable and resource requirements, but have different input
files, to be submitted, controlled, and monitored as a single unit. Using the
standard LSF commands, you can also control and monitor individual jobs and
groups of jobs submitted from a job array.
After the job array is submitted, LSF independently schedules and dispatches
the individual jobs. Each job submitted from a job array shares the same job
ID as the job array and are uniquely referenced using an array index. The
dimension and structure of a job array is defined when the job array is created.
Contents ◆ “Creating a Job Array” on page 332
◆ “Handling Input and Output Files” on page 334
◆ “Job Array Dependencies” on page 337
◆ “Monitoring Job Arrays” on page 338
◆ “Controlling Job Arrays” on page 340
◆ “Requeuing a Job Array” on page 341
◆ “Job Array Job Slot Limit” on page 342
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