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Xgrid Overview

Xgrid allows you to execute programs using multiple computers—and multiple processors on a single computer—to perform multiple calculations in parallel.

Xgrid is a generalized system, capable of assembling clusters of processors on demand, detecting and correcting failures, and parceling out parallel tasks as needed for general-purpose parallel computing on multiple systems.

The Xgrid controller is a feature of Mac OS X Server, but any computer with Mac OS X (version 10.4 and later) can submit jobs to Xgrid or act as an agent to carry out Xgrid computations.

Contents:

How It Works
Client Software
Controller Software
Agent Software
Setting Up Xgrid
Submitting Jobs to Xgrid

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