A new management feature enables resetting a node's task counter
Improvements to the remote JMX connectivity facilitate the JPPF administration through firewalls
Bugs were fixed in the peer-to-peer communication between servers
About JPPF:
JPPF is an open source Grid Computing platform written in Java that makes it easy to run applications in parallel, and speed up their execution by orders of magnitude. Write once, deploy once, execute everywhere!
JPPF has many outstanding features:
a JPPF grid can be up and running in minutes
highly scalable, distributed framework for the execution of Java tasks
leverages JCA 1.6 to integrate with leading J2EE application servers
easy programming model that abstracts the complexity of distributed and parallel processing
graphical and programmatic tools for fine-grained monitoring and administration
fault-tolerance and self-repair capabilities ensure the highest level of service and reliability
a set of fully documented sample applications, demonstrating the use of JPPF on real-life problems
very flexible open-source licensing
and more ....
More information is available on the JPPF.org web site.
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