About:
JPPF is a computational grid framework for Java focused on performance and ease of use. It provides a set of tools and APIs to enable the parallelization of CPU intensive applications, and distribute their execution over a network of heterogenous nodes. It features platform independence thanks to Java 1.5, does not require you to deploy your application classes to a server, scales up to millions of nodes, has a built-in fail-over mechanism on all the framework's components, and has a monitoring and administration GUI tool to enable remote monitoring of the server health and server shutdown/restart operations.

Author:
Laurent Cohen [contact developer]

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Homepage:
http://www.jppf.org
Zip:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=135654
Bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/[..]?atid=733518&group_id=135654&func=browse

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		4 - Beta, 5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Java/Swing
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), The Apache License 2.0
[Network Environment]		IP
[Operating System]		MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: Linux, Unix
[Programming Language]		Java
[Topic]		Scientific/Engineering, Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries, System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks
[Translations]		English

Dependencies: [change]
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 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.6	30-Oct-2008	The Apache License 2.0

 Comments

[»] what is its relationship to clustering (e.g. JBoss)?
by Jamie - Dec 27th 2007 10:30:00

This project sounds very interesting. My question is: what is its relationship with clustering setup for example in JBoss? Is it a similar thing but in a new development? or is it complete a new technology?

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[»] Re: what is its relationship to clustering (e.g. JBoss)?
by Laurent Cohen - Dec 28th 2007 03:02:58

Hello Jamie,

Thank you for your comments and question.
Indeed, JPPF is not a cluster, but rather a computational grid framework.
The generally agreed upon difference between clusters and grids is that clusters are made of a set of tightly coupled, homogeneous systems (hardware/OS/software) in a single location or complex, whereas grids are loosely coupled, heterogeneous and widely distributed in nature.
In a larger definition, a grid provides access to computational and storage resources across organizational boundaries. In effect, it virtualizes these resources from the user's perspective, as the user doesn't need to know what these resources are made of or where they are located to use them.

A J2EE application server such as JBoss provides clustering capabilities. Its main goal is to serve a large number of relatively short-lived interactions (or transactions) with a large number of users.
On the other hand, a computational grid will serve requests for long-lived intensive computations that can take hours or days or even longer to complete.
In short, frameworks like JBoss and JPPF provide capabilities in different areas, where they do not compete with each other. It is my belief that they instead complement each other. To demonstrate this, we (JPPF team) have developed a connector between JPPF and the major J2EE application servers in the market, including JBoss.
I invite you to find more about it on the JPPF web site at http://www.jppf.org

I hope this answers your question,
-Laurent



> This project sounds very interesting. My

> question is: what is its relationship

> with clustering setup for example in

> JBoss? Is it a similar thing but in a

> new development? or is it complete a new

> technology?



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