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Submit, rent, run, output, release: the life of a job, and where the meter runs.
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What happens when a job fails partway through
Jobs stop early. On E31 Network the design intent is that the compute is released and the meter stops whenever a job ends, finished or not. What comes back, and what is billed, is still being worked out.
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Release, and why nothing is left behind
The last step of a job on E31 Network returns the compute to the pool, stops the meter, and accounts for what was held. Nothing is owned and nothing sits idle afterwards.
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How the output comes back
A job on E31 Network ends by returning what it was asked for: a model, a set of results, processed files, a report. What is settled about the output step, and what the preview has not published.
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Running unattended: what a job does when nobody is watching
The run step on E31 Network is designed for jobs that start, work through the night, and finish with no one connected. What the job has to carry with it, and what happens when it goes wrong.
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The meter starts when the compute is held, not before
A job on E31 Network can be submitted, queued, or renting. Only the last state is designed to be metered. Why the meter waits for compute to be held, and what it means for the bill.
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The queue is part of the design
On E31 Network, a job that can wait goes into a queue until compute is free, and the meter does not run while it waits. The queue is not a failure mode. It is how the economics work.
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What a job declares before it can be scheduled
A job on E31 Network is designed to declare four things: the work, the data, the request, and the output. What each one means, and why a vague job is a hard job to place.
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The life of a job, in five steps
Submit, rent, run, output, release. Every job on E31 Network is designed to pass through the same five steps, and you pay for only two of them.
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