NetworkComputer

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Network Computer
Developed by	Runtime Design Automation
Latest release	8.1.6 / June, 2007
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	job scheduler
Website	NC Home Page

NetworkComputer (NC), previously known as Flowtracer/NC, is a commercial job scheduler developed by Runtime Design Automation.

NC is used to manage a computer farm or computer cluster and is responsible for accepting, scheduling, dispatching, and managing the remote execution of standalone, parallel or interactive user jobs. It also manages allocation of resources such as processors, memory, disk space, software licenses, and custom objects to jobs that require them.

[edit] Features

• Web interface for administrators and users
• Native command execution and scripting support
• Job throttling based upon resource availability (CPU, RAM, licenses, etc.)

NC runs on multiple platforms, including:

• Linux
• Solaris
• HP-UX
• Mac OS X
• Microsoft Windows

[edit] References

• Berkeley Presentation
• DeepChip post discussing NC
• CommsDesign article
• EETimes article
• SOCcentral article

[edit] External links

• Runtime Design Automation website