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9.3.2 Component model description
Users, through a simple Web browser, access the grid portal to browse
resources, to submit jobs, to obtain jobs status, and to cancel jobs. The portal
interface uses static information about the resources to select the subset of grid
resources that meet the job requirements. If multiple resources meet the job
requirements, dynamic information is obtained from those resources to
determine the current load, available resources, and queue depth. These and
other factors are evaluated by the scheduler to determine the best resource for
the job. Both static and dynamic information ar