Xgrid Agent for Unix

mac-diddy writes "Someone on Apple's mailing list for Xgrid, Apple's clustering software, just announced an 'Xgrid agent for Linux and other Unix platforms' available for download. There are still some issues being worked on like large file support, but it does allow you to simply add a Unix node to your existing Xgrid cluster. Just goes to show that when companies embrace open standards and code, the world doesn't fall apart."

Comments

imagine

[Anonymous Coward]

imagine a beo...oh...

Re:imagine

[wpmegee]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of /. trolls!

Re:imagine

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't have to.

Re:How many clusters

[aixou]

That would bring a tear to my eye. "I have a dream that one day, all different architectures can work together in a single cluster, and processors will be judged not by the flavor of their bits, but by the speed of their results."

How would that work?

[Anonymous Coward]

[iMac] GOOD MORNING

[Me] Good morning, computer. How are you?

[iMac] PRETTY GOOD. I SOLVED A VEXING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM LAST NIGHT.

[Me] Oh is that so.

[iMac] YEAH. I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE HEISENBERG-BERTELLSMAN PROTEIN FOLDING DELIMMA.

[Me] Huh.

[iMac] THE ANSWER TURNED OUT TO BE 42.

[Me] .. That's... nice. So how about some Doom 3 then?

[iMac] OK

Re:How would that work?

[Anonymous Coward]

[iMac] ALSO, MY SPELL CHECKER NEEDS AN UPGRADE.

[Me] Ok. Also, could you not use so many caps? It's like YELLING.

Re:How many clusters

[foidulus]

I have a dream that one day, all different architectures can work together in a single cluster, and processors will be judged not by the flavor of their bits, but by the speed of their results.
You forgot, "as long as they don't run Windows!"

but....

[jwcorder]

"Just goes to show that when companies embrace open standards and code, the world doesn't fall apart."

But the world hasn't fallen apart using Microsoft either...oops, I said that outloud....

Re:but....

[Tjp($)pjT]

It is OK. You didn't utter the name three times.

Re:it's about time...

[Anonymous Coward]

Only part of the fun, though. You haven't tripped 'till you've been in the RDF.

Re:Why another technology

[Anonymous Coward]

Is "mac" some guy who works for Apple? Or do you normally refer to companies by their product names?

When will Windows write similar grid tools?
Why does Unix keep suing people?
When will Mac make a Windows box?

Re:How many clusters

[0racle]

You could have a whole cluster on one machine, think of the performance and all the space you'd save.

Re:Why another technology

[Anonymous Coward]

Here is a quick general ( Mac ) knowlege test for Skaunch and anyone else who seems confused the products of 1 Infinite Loop.

Question 1. - Win is to Microsoft as Mac is to...
A. Windows
B. Macintosh
C. Apple
D. MACH
E. Steve Jobs

Question 2. - Mac is...
A. A fruit
B. An operating system
C. An acronym
D. A computer
E. An abbreviation

Question 3. - "RDF" as made famous by Steve Jobs is...
A. An interconnect protocol (RAM Double Frequency)
B. Relational Database Function
C. A QuickTime codec
D. Reality Distotion Field
E. Real Dumb F*cker

Question 4. - During the 1990's Apple was described in the press as...
A. The beleagered computer maker
B. The beleaguered computer maker
C. The beleguered computer maker
D. The biggest computer maker
E. The best computer maker

Question 5. - The official name of the Virginia Tech G5 cluster was...
A. System X
B. Mac
C. Big Mac
D. X
E. Virginia

Question 6. - The X in Mac OS X is...
A. A letter of the alphabet symbolizing the unknown
B. Refering to the uniX core of the OS
C. Used because they couldn't think of a name after Rhapsody
D. Implies the seXy "lickable" Aqua interface
E. A Roman numeral following 9

Question 7. - Which is true?
A. Gates runs Microsoft which makes Windows computers
B. Gates runs Windows which makes Microsoft
C. Jobs runs Mac which makes Apple Computers
D. Gates runs Apple which makes Macintosh computers
E. Jobs runs Apple which makes Macs
F. A and E
G. Gates doesn't make computers

ANSWERS:
1.C 2.B,D & E 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.E 7.E & G
SCORE:
7 = Mac "Zealot"
6 = Mac "Fanboy"
5 = Mac "Enthusiast"
4 = Mac "Weenie"
3 = PC "Weenie"
2 = Windows user
1 = "Luser"
0 = Why are you here on /. ?

Re:Good for home use too.

[Twirlip of the Mists]

That's all well and good... but in discussing potential uses for Xgrid, can we please make a concerted effort to stay away from stuff that illegal?