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Linux-Announce Digest #611
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Sat Oct 2 01:42:34 1999
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Linux-Announce Digest #611, Volume #3 Sat, 2 Oct 99 01:13:08 EDT
Contents:
sysstat-2.0 - The SAR and IOSTAT commands for Linux ("Sebastien.GODARD")
COMMERCIAL: Clustor 2.0 - Software for Beowulf Clusters (Ziga Bobnar)
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From: "Sebastien.GODARD" <Sebastien.GODARD@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: sysstat-2.0 - The SAR and IOSTAT commands for Linux
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:53:44 GMT
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This is to announce release 2.0 of the sysstat package for Linux, containing
the sar and iostat commands.
It is available on sunsite.unc.edu in the /pub/Linux/system/status directory
(43 Kb sysstat-2.0.tar.gz).
This release contains major changes since version 1.2 among which :
* A true iostat command.
The iostat command can now reports CPU and true I/O statistics for disks.
This is now possible despite poor Linux disk accounting thanks to a kernel
patch provided with sysstat.
sysstat-2.0 contains patches against kernels 2.2.5-15 (RedHat 6.0) and 2.2.12.
These patches are rather simple and one should be able to make them suitable
for other kernels.
* Information provided by iostat can now be saved in a file in the same way
the sar command does.
* True SMP support. It should now work pretty well thanks to many bug fixes.
* Numerous improvements of sar and iostat, bug fixes, NLS updated (german
translation added), etc.
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Sébastien GODARD (sebastien.godard@wanadoo.fr)
Unix IS user friendly... but it is just selective about who its friends are !
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From: Ziga Bobnar <ziga.bobnar@kiss.uni-lj.si>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Clustor 2.0 - Software for Beowulf Clusters
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:51:27 GMT
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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.
More information about Clustor and free download at
http://www.activetools.com
Visit us!
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