Xgrid
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Key facts
- Software.name
- Xgrid
- Software.logo
- Xgrid-icon.png
- Software.developer
- Apple Inc.
- Software.operating system
- Mac OS X
- Software.released
- January 6, 2004
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest_release_version
- 10.7.5
- Software.platform
- Independent
- Software.genre
- Distributed computing
- Software.license
- Proprietary EULA
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/xgrid.html
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- inception
- 2004-01-06
- discontinuation date
- 2012-07-25
- publication date
- 2004-01-06
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- History
- Protocol
- Architecture
- Interface
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
Xgrid is a proprietary grid computing program and protocol developed by the Advanced Computation Group subdivision of Apple Inc.
It provides network administrators a method of creating a computing cluster, which allows them to exploit previously unused computational power for calculations that can be divided easily into smaller operations, such as Mandelbrot maps. The setup of an Xgrid cluster can be achieved at next to no cost, as Xgrid client is pre-installed on all computers running Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.7. The Xgrid client was not included in Mac OS X 10.8. The Xgrid controller, the job scheduler of the Xgrid operation, is also included within Mac OS X Server and as a free download from Apple. Apple has kept the command-line job control mechanism minimalist while providing an API to develop more sophisticated tools built around it.