How does Globus compare to Condor?
Condor ( http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor) is a tool for harnessing the capacity of idle workstations for computational tasks. Condor is well-suited for parameter studies and high throughput computing, where subjobs generally do not need to communicate with each other. Condor and Globus are complementary technologies, as demonstrated by Condor-G, a Globus-enabled version of Condor that uses Globus to handle inter-organizational problems like security, resource management for supercomputers, and executable staging. Condor can be used to submit jobs to systems managed by Globus, and Globus tools can be used to submit jobs to systems managed by Condor. The Condor and Globus teams work closely with each other to ensure that the Globus Toolkit and Condor software fit well together.
