“When MSC.Linux, the open-source solution division of
MSC.Software Corp., makes its MSC.Linux V2001 beta version
available this April, it will signal a bit of a coming out party
for the quiet Open Cluster Group (OCG), an organization of
scientists dedicated to make clustering easier for developers.”
This is because the MSC.Linux V2001 beta has been fitted with
the OCG’s first project, the Open Source Cluster Application
Resources (OSCAR).”
“Simply, OCG said “everything you need to build, maintain, and
use a modest sized Linux cluster is included in OSCAR.” Developed
for experienced cluster developers, OSCAR 1.0 was launched late
February and while the organization said the OSCAR simplifies
cluster building, it is fragile and requires more Linux system
administration expertise — in other words, developers to test it.
And that is why MSC has spearheaded OSCAR’s implementation.”
“OCG is led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the
University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing
Applications (NCSA), IBM and Intel. MSC.Software, a founding member
of the team, is the technical lead for the programming environment.
Additional collaborators in the Open Cluster Group include Dell,
SGI and Veridian.”