Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 User's Guide

Master Host

The master host is central to the overall cluster activity. The master host runs the master daemon sge_qmaster and the scheduler daemon sge_schedd. Both daemons control all grid engine system components, such as queues and jobs. The daemons maintain tables about the status of the components, user access permissions, and the like.

By default, the master host is also an administration host and a submit host.