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     3  page_title: "Nomad vs. HTCondor"
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     6    Comparison between Nomad and HTCondor
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     8  
     9  # Nomad vs. HTCondor
    10  
    11  HTCondor is a batch queuing system that is traditionally deployed in
    12  grid computing environments. These environments have a fixed set of
    13  resources, and large batch jobs that consume the entire cluster or
    14  large portions. HTCondor is used to manage queuing, dispatching and
    15  execution of these workloads.
    16  
    17  HTCondor is not designed for services or long lived applications.
    18  Due to the batch nature of workloads on HTCondor, it does not prioritize
    19  high availability and is operationally complex to setup. It does support
    20  federation in the form of "flocking" allowing batch workloads to
    21  be run on alternate clusters if they would otherwise be forced to wait.
    22  
    23  Nomad is focused on both long-lived services and batch workloads, and
    24  is designed to be a platform for running large scale applications instead
    25  of just managing a queue of batch work. Nomad supports a broader range
    26  of workloads, is designed for high availability, supports much
    27  richer constraint enforcement and bin packing logic.
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