Title :
Utilization of a local grid of Mac OS X-based computers using Xgrid
Author :
Kramer, David ; Maclnnis, M.
Author_Institution :
Apple Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
Abstract :
Xgrid Technical Preview 2 is a distributed computing software technology from Apple Computer, Inc. Xgrid leverages the UNIX-based capabilities of Mac OS X to enable the rapid aggregation of Macintosh systems into a simple yet powerful computational grid which can run a wide range of standard and custom solutions with minimal code changes. To demonstrate the technology, the software is run on a networked rack of Xserve G5 servers and a PowerBook G4 laptop. The demonstration shows how Xgrid is utilized to distribute long-running batch and parallel jobs to a local grid of Mac OS X-based computers.
Keywords :
Unix; grid computing; network operating systems; Apple Computer Inc; Mac OS X-based computers; PowerBook G4 laptop; UNIX-based capability; Xgrid; Xserve G5 server; distributed computing software technology; grid utilization; Application software; Code standards; Concurrent computing; Databases; Distributed computing; Genetics; Grid computing; Operating systems; Protocols; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
High performance Distributed Computing, 2004. Proceedings. 13th IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2175-4
DOI :
10.1109/HPDC.2004.1323585
