[Toolserver-announce] SGE can now be used for *all* tools

[River Tarnell]

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Hi,

In the past, our policy on SGE (batch job scheduling) was that it should only 
be used for jobs which run once then exit, and that it should not be used for 
jobs which run continuously.

This policy has now changed, and SGE can be used for all jobs, including 
long-running jobs.  This effectively obsoletes Phoenix and similar tools, since 
SGE with cronsub provides the same functionality.

Because SGE makes it easier for us to scale the Toolserver cluster, as well as 
making your tools run more efficiently (and therefore quicker), we recommend 
that all tools be converted to SGE where possible.  The wiki page now has a 
quick-start section explaining how to do this:

  <https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Batch_job_scheduling#Quick_start>

(While SGE has a lot of features and can be complicated, we've tried to make it 
easy to use for the typical cases; if something is not clear, please let us 
know.)

	- river.
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