Grid Computing News : Univa UD's Cluster Software Ready for Prime Time

Univa UD's open source cluster software is now generally available as a free download at the company's Grid.org Web site. The company, formed last year by the merger of United Devices and Univa, capitalizes on its open source and public grid computing roots through a strategy that combines open source and proprietary software and services. Its base offering is the free UniCluster Express offering, version 3.2 of which is now available. UniCluster Express 3.2 is "a fully integrated, community-enabled, open-source cluster software stack with unrestricted support for all its components," the company says. "The end result is an extremely robust open cluster solution that integrates exactly the components and features this market wants." Sun Grid Engine provides the scheduling component for UniCluster Express, and customers who are already running a Sun Grid Engine cluster environment can upgrade to UniCluster Express and add configuration, monitoring, management, security and remote access tools to their original Sun Grid Engine implementation at no charge.... read more