1 Sammie Carter Department of Computer Science N.C. State University November 18,

2 Background  Xgrid (Apple ACG - January 6, 2004) A collection of software that enables users to aggregate an ad hoc network of Macintosh computers into a loosely- coupled computational cluster, or “grid,” of systems. The software enables a user to deploy jobs across an active grid, or to simply participate in that grid by volunteering his or her processor time. It enables highly parallel jobs to be divided and processed concurrently on multiple systems.

3 Xgrid Workflow

4 Wolfgrid Project (Est. February 2004)  Currently 2 Grids Alpha(Fast) and Beta(Beta)  Media Attention  Two Grid Architects  Website (Documentation, Statistics, etc)  Recently New Project Group

5 Future of Wolfgrid  2 More Grids Static (In Testing), Linux (In Testing)  Grid Portal  Distributed RPM  Windows Agent  Xgrid Globus  Wolfgrid Integration

6 Conclusion  Questions / Comments / Suggestions  Contact Information: Sammie Carter Wolfgrid Architect  Demos

7 References  Apple HPC  Xgrid Release Notes Technology Preview 2  Apple ACG