Building computational grids with apple's Xgrid middleware

Apple's release of the Xgrid framework for distributed computing introduces a new technology solution for loosely coupled distributed computation. In this paper systematically describe, compare and evaluate the Apple native Xgrid solution and a range of third party components which can be substituted for the native versions. This description and evaluation is grounded in practical experience of deploying a small scale, internationally distributed, heterogenous computational infrastructure based on the Xgrid framework.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ACSW
• Authors: Baden Hughes
• Keywords: ACSW 2006, ACSW 2007, Distributed Computation, Native Xgrid Solution, Xgrid Framework