Pooch 1.7

Pooch is software providing the easiest way to assemble and operate a parallel computer.
We encourage you to see for yourself. Pooch even operates correctly on mixed clusters of OS 9 and OS X Macs.
The download also contains the AltiVec Fractal Carbon app, a parallel application that rapidly computes Mandelbrot-style fractals which also demonstrates high-performance computing and parallel computing. And the Fresnel Diffraction Explorer which simulates Fresnel diffraction, a phenomenon of light, using an advanced set of algorithms.
Version restrictions:
- To utilize clusters securely or to utilize greater than four nodes, you need to register.
Enhancements:
- Universal Binary for running on mixed clusters of Intel- and PowerPC-Macs
- manages both types of nodes, making all cluster data available
- launches Universal binaries, enabling cross-processor clustering; Pooch is the first and only clustering solution to launch Universal Binaries in parallel
- Remote job, file, and folder retrieval support, even through proxy nodes
- New Job file format support, including saving and loading job data
- save commonly used jobs, file and node combinations, to disk
- supports standard file dialog and reminder sheets
- Head node setting to access and control clusters with Linux-style topologies
- accesses nodes behind a head node acting as a firewall and NAT router
- coordinates Pooch features to launch jobs via the head node
- Enhancements to the AppleEvent interface for job and user data
- Automatic detection and retry of preferred IP address of remote nodes
- Pooch Pro automatic user login using Keychain services
- Other features, enhancements, bug fixes, and updates
- Two new dashboard widgets for scanning nodes and scanning jobs on the cluster
- Other feature enhancements, bug fixes, and adaptations to changes in OS X.