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S/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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- VisualHub uses XGrid!
Unixy?? - 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.
X-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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An interesting technology preview - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 04:51AM PST
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N Parker (San Diego)
Keep in mind that this is a *technology preview*. It makes one hopeful of future media products (Compressor, FCP, Maya, After Effects) that can automatically harness spare cycles from other Macs.
never mind... - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 02:54AM PST
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plaintiger...i installed xgrid, tried to make sense of the user's guide, failed, used the old, once-reliable Mac method of ignoring the documentation and trying to figure out the software by running it, got no farther that way, realized this software is for unix geeks and computer science majors (neither of which i am or care to be) and threw it all away. whew. and all this in the space of about ten minutes. pretty efficient, huh? ;)
thanks, Wade, but... - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 02:33AM PST
plaintiger
...could you say that again in English? :D
it sounded like you set out to make the purpose of this software clear, but you didn't wind up doing that. at least not for me.
basically, what i want to know is if this software aims to apply the power of all the Macs on my LAN to my everyday, local operations - say, editing images in Photoshop, or running graphics-intensive games - or if it's strictly for what i think of as traditional distributed computing, like SETI, GIMPS, or dnetc. thanks... :)
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What It Is - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/24/2004 01:24AM PST
Wade Tregaskis
For those wondering exactly what this is, it's essentially just Pooch all over again. It's a distributed job control mechanism, in essence. Processing nodes run the Xgrid server daemon, which receives remote jobs and launches them locally in a restricted environment (as user nobody, etc). The client (manager) keeps track of remote execution and results, providing both a GUI and a CLI interface for job management.
All in all it's a nifty thing, but nothing particularly innovative, let alone revolutionary. A suitable replacement for Pooch, I suppose, although I'm sure the developers of Pooch like to think otherwise.
All in all it's a nifty thing, but nothing particularly innovative, let alone revolutionary. A suitable replacement for Pooch, I suppose, although I'm sure the developers of Pooch like to think otherwise.
And this is...? - Version: Technology Preview 2, 3/23/2004 11:16PM PST
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Jeff Mincey
I gather this is Apple's evolving clustering technology; but it would be nice if Apple just spelled this out in its vague and "conceptual" product description.
iLife plug-ins - Version: Technology Preview 1, 1/7/2004 08:55PM PST
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Standage
Let me know when someone has developed the plug-ins for the iLife suite. I hate the rendering times in iDVD and iMovie! I can be using the kids computers when they're at school.
Apple's Shake - Version: Technology Preview 1, 1/7/2004 11:27AM PST
mark_ringenoldus
Apple's Shake for the Mac has network rendering.
Something not availible on the PC or SGi machines.
so getting a couple of G5 servers and Shake is cheaper then getting Expencive 64Bit X86 or Sgi machines.
Something not availible on the PC or SGi machines.
so getting a couple of G5 servers and Shake is cheaper then getting Expencive 64Bit X86 or Sgi machines.
