Hades - Distributed Job Scheduler
A high-performance distributed job scheduling system designed for educational platforms and large-scale automated assessment.
Tech Stack
Go
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
Docker
Overview
Hades is a distributed job scheduling system. It is designed to handle large-scale automated assessment and processing tasks for educational platforms, providing reliable and scalable job execution.
Key Features
- Distributed Architecture: Scales horizontally to handle thousands of concurrent jobs
- Fault Tolerance: Automatic job recovery and retry mechanisms ensure reliable execution
- Priority Queuing: Intelligent job prioritization for time-sensitive tasks
- Resource Management: Efficient allocation and utilization of compute resources
- Kubernetes Native: Designed to run seamlessly on Kubernetes clusters
Architecture
The system follows a distributed architecture with:
- Scheduler: Central coordination of job distribution and prioritization
- Workers: Scalable execution nodes that process jobs in isolation
- Queue Backend: Reliable message queuing for job coordination
- Monitoring: Comprehensive observability for job status and system health
Open Source
Hades is open source and available on GitHub. Contributions and feedback are welcome!