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February 04, 2004

Xgrid implications

Posted by Sandy

This is the first reference I've seen online to someone using Apple's new Xgrid technology. The "technology preview" of Xgrid for Mac OS X is available as a free download.

Xgrid is a solution for parallel and distributed high performance computing. Xgrid is made up of a collection of software, APIs, and protocols. The Xgrid architecture enables administrators to group locally networked computers into clusters and allow others on the network to remotely submit long-running computations to the clusters.

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1. Bob B. on February 4, 2004 05:52 PM writes...

You haven't read much about it because you haven't spent any time hanging out here:

http://www.lists.apple.com/xgrid-users

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