Cluster Computers Given Extensive Treatment at Apple's WWDC 2004
Best Practices for Building HPC Clusters: Attend this session to learn the basic project management methodology and best practices for building a super computer cluster similar to the one in Virginia Tech—the 3rd most powerful supercomputer in the world. This session will cover how to design a non-blocking architecture, planning for heat and power, system management, and more, with case studies for small, medium and large clusters.
Creating Application Clusters for Apache and MySQL: Learn how to use fail-over and load-balancing technology from Emic Networks with Apache or MySQL applications running on Mac OS X. The Emic Application Cluster (EAC) includes performance scalability, load balancing, fault tolerance, and continuous availability with fast fail-over, as well as centralized cluster management—all running on Xserve technology. Web application developers, IT managers, and MySQL administrators will find this session useful and informative.
Dramatically Improve Computational Analysis with Xgrid: Xgrid enables a cluster of Macs to act as a supercomputer, so they can work on problems greater than each individually could solve. Attend this session to learn how to use the Xgrid plug-in API to create an interface that allows a user to specify a job for submission. You will also see sample code utilizing the ShellJobViewController class using Xcode for development, and learn how to create your own plug-in using Xcode templates provided with Xgrid. This session is ideal for scientists looking to take advantage of unused computing power in a clustered environment.
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