Utilization of a Local Grid of Mac OS X-Based Computers using Xgrid

  • Authors:
  • David Kramer;Matthew MacInnis

  • Affiliations:
  • Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA;Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA

  • Venue:
  • HPDC '04 Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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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.