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Active Tools unveils new version of Clustor 2.0 with a greatly
expanded set of API Commands for Software Developers.
Active Tools announces the release of Clustor 2.0 now with a
complete set of application programming interface (API) commands
for Software Developers. It includes exciting new features that
further simplify implementation of high performance distributed
applications. With Clustor existing applications can be rapidly
adapted for execution using the idle processor capacity of your
existing network of PCs.
Clustor 2.0 implements a job distribution engine with API
commands that allow you to easily incorporate Clustor within other
applications. Clustor 2.0 also supports tight integration of
Clustor commands with any shell or scripting language.
API commands give the operator complete control over the
distribution of jobs. The user can add jobs and nodes while
executing applications. Clustor 2.0 lets the application decide
what resources are available for use. Machines can be added or
subtract during processing. Users may choose to enter commands
manually or automatically. Clustor 2.0 allows the user to execute
one job on all the machines. Status information is available
throughout operations.
Clustor harvests your computers while they are idle, increasing
the utilization of your existing equipment, creating a network of
machines that never sleep. Clustor generates jobs, executes them
and collects the results distributing them over local area networks
or the Internet. Additional security features enhance the operating
systems. Clustor also provides extensive logging and diagnostics
and includes remote management features.
Clustor is based on a simple, yet extremely powerful concept,
called parametric execution. Parametric execution is where an
application performs the same calculation numerous times with
different input parameters, such as Monte Carlo simulations used in
Financial Risk Management. To perform parametric executions, the
user simply provides the application to be executed on a cluster
and values for the parameters. Clustor does the rest. It generates
jobs to be computed, manages their execution and collects the
results.
“Independent Software Developers can now use distributed
computing power to deliver their high performance applications to
clients on a much more affordable platform.”, states Rok Sosic
President and CEO of Active Tools Inc. “More importantly our API
commands significantly reduces their time to the market. Clustor
breaks through the knowledge barrier. You do not have to be an
expert in distributed computing anymore. A simple API makes it easy
for any programmer to develop suitable high performances
applications.”
Active Tools develops software tools for high performance
computing, providing professional consulting services to assist
customers in the successful implementation of all phases of cluster
computing projects, from justification and design, through to
deployment and daily operations. Customers already taking advantage
of Clustor include Rockefeller University, Motorola and AMP Asset
Management.
Visit http://www.activetools.com for
more information.