Today Univa announced a major new version of UniCluster:
http://www.univaud.com/about/news/press_2009/11172009.php
New features include the below – keep in mind these capabilities extend to UniCloud as well. The result is greater mobility and higher performance in a cloud (or other) computing environment.
- Truly heterogeneous support: Software profiles can be created and deployed for multiple OS and computing environments – thus, users can create one Kit for deployment across a variety of OS's and hardware profiles.
- Scalability: UniCluster 5.0 easily scales to over 7,000 nodes through subordinate installer nodes.
- Robust Web-based API: UniCluster offers a unique, well defined web-based API to allow interfacing with the UniCluster core framework.
- Integrated management console: System configuration is consolidated into a single management application.
- OpenSolaris support: UniCluster 5.0 is a native OpenSolaris version, functionally equivalent to the Linux
UniCluster 5.0 will be available for public download in early December 2009.
