The GRID architecture reduces the job execution time by using parallel execution of projects on multiple distributed engines.
To make use of this scalability you need to:
Install multiple GRID engines
Register your GRID engines
Prepare jobs for multi-engine execution
Once you have GRID engines installed, you can register a subset or all of them for a special repository. When executing a multi-engine job from that repository all projects contained will be executed on those engines.
To register GRID engines, select the Engine Manager option from the Tools menu. If you have open connections to more than one repository you will be asked to select one of them. The Engine Manager window displays a list of engines that have been previously registered for the selected repository.
The properties of a registered engine are:
Name: A user defined name for the engine.
Host: The name or IP address of the engine host.
Port: The number of the port the engine is listening on.
Base Rank: A user defined ranking for the engines. A job will always try to execute the projects on the highest ranked engines.
Description: A free description for the engine.
You can register a GRID engine manually or you can register multiple engines.
To manually register a GRID engine
Select Engine | New, or click Insert. The Edit Engine dialog box opens.
Enter the desired values.
Click OK. The new engine is added to the list of engines.
Select Engine | New Engines. The New Engines dialog box opens. For each engine, registration and additional information are shown, as well as the engine’s online state.
Select the engines to register.
Click Add. The new engines are added to the list.
To modify an engine registration
Select the engine in the list and choose Engine | Edit or click Edit. You can also double-click the engine in the list. The Edit Engine dialog box displays the current values of the registration properties.
Overwrite the current values with new values.
Click OK.
To delete an engine registration
Select the engine from the Select Engine | Delete menu, or click Delete.
