One approach is to use OpenPBS a portable batch system. It includes queueing, parallel processing, prioritization, and more. It is open source and works on Unix systems. There is a perl binding PBS::Client that provides a nice interface: 
    use PBS::Client;
    
    # Create a client object linked to a server
    my $client = PBS::Client->new;
    
    # Describe the job
    my $job = PBS::Client::Job->new(
        %job_options,           # e.g. queue => 'queue_1', mem => '800
+mb'
        cmd => \@commands
    );
    
    # Optionally, re-organize the commands to a number of queues
    $job->pack(numQ => $numQ);
    
    # Submit job
    $client->qsub($job);

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Alternatively, a pure perl solution could be built around Schedule::Depend. Hmm, it was up to v. 2.6, but doesn't seem to be on CPAN any more...

Update: Fixed the OpenPBS link.

-Mark

In reply to Re: Distributed Computing Anyone? by kvale
in thread Distributed Computing Anyone? by mykbaker

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