Cluster Priority

Description

The quantitative trading team built proprietary cluster software using a mix of C++ and bash scripts. The initial design did not include any type or priority in task scheduling so I was charged with adding it. Each task was given a priority and would run before any other tasks with lower priority. This also required an addition to be made to the cluster monitorying app which was written in C++ using Qt.

Challenges

The only real challenge was understanding the original cluster code. Before that time, I had mainly programed in a windows environment and I was not knowledgable about bash scripting which was used to submit tasks to the cluster.

Results

This was also a successful project as the priority proved vary helpful in pushing urgent tasks to the top of the clusters queue.

This also boosted my confidence in bash scripting and Qt programming