Ensuring performance of a computing system

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising a computer usable program code configured to:
• issue a command to run abbreviated measurements of performance for one or more computing nodes to determine whether a number of the one or more computing node is adequate to perform a computing job, wherein a request for the computing job indicates the number;
• assign the computing job to a set of the number of computing nodes if each of the set of the number of computing nodes is adequate to perform the computing job according to performance measurement results of the abbreviated measurements;
• and
• for any of the one or more computing nodes that is inadequate to perform the computing job according to performance measurement results of the abbreviated measurements, indicate those computing nodes as low performing.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of computing systems, wherein each computing system in the plurality of computing systems comprises:
• memory;
• a network interface;
• and
• a processor coupled with the memory and the network interface;
• wherein at least one computing system in the plurality of computing systems is configured to:
• issue a command to run abbreviated measurements of performance for one or more computing nodes to determine whether a number of the one or more computing node is adequate to perform a computing job, wherein a request for the computing job indicates the number;
• assign the computing job to a set of the number of computing nodes if each of the set of the number of computing nodes is adequate to perform the computing job according to performance measurement results of the abbreviated measurements;
• and
• for any of the one or more computing nodes that is inadequate to perform the computing job according to performance measurement results of the abbreviated measurements, indicate those computing nodes as low performing.