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Apple Xgrid - Technology Preview 2

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Current Version: Technology Preview 2
Release Date: 2004-03-23
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 6,846
Downloads (all versions): 12,552

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Product Description:

Imagine waking up one day to find your Mac has solved a vexing scientific problem. While the cure to cancer, super-efficient solar power and ending world hunger are a ways off, you can combine your computing resources using Xgrid — and help usher in a new era of biological breakthroughs, rocket science and advanced models of scientific phenomena.

What's new in this version:

  • xgrid command line tool for submitting and monitoring jobs from the command-line
  • Message Passing Interface (MPI) support, allowing Xgrid to configure and launch executables linked against MacMPI libraries
  • Numerous bug fixes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS Classic

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Apple Xgrid CommentaryS/W Must be Xgrid Aware - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/25/2004 04:29PM PST

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Saint Rowan
My understanding is that whatever program you're running it has to have code in it to make it Xgrid aware. Several research programs are but most aren't. I look forward to pooling CPU cycles when using FCP4 or DVDST2 but I don't think these and most other programs can take advantage of Xgrid yet.
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Apple Xgrid CommentaryUnixy?? - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 06:49PM PST

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matuzalem_dotmac
OS X IS UNIX. Why would you say this is clunky anyways. Technology preview is not a finished product. All of you stop your complaining and rejoice apple is at it again doing what they do better than most: SOFTWARE. Wait and see, and leave Xgrid alone! For now. Ok then, now go and do your homework, download your favorite wysiwyg apps, and please stop posting non-information. What we really need here is reports about success, failures, and tricks on how to set this up. Thank You.
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Apple Xgrid ReviewX-grid for the rest of us. - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 08:54AM PST

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Ken Sams
In short, this aint it! Yet. Technology Preview 2 reminds me of the very first preview of OS X. It was really unixy and clunky. And we just knew it was going to grow into a beautiful thing. And sure enough, it did. I agree with the reviews so far. Leave it to the Unix guys to "preview" it and work out the kinks. For the rest of us, have faith. Before you know it, we'll all be running PhotoShop filters or compressing DVD Studio files on clusters made up of all the older Macs we have sitting around. Oh, wait. Was I dreaming? Where am I?
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