Clúster de Cómputo “Enchufar y Listo” “Plug-and-Play ” Cluster Computing

To achieve accessible computational power for our research goals, we developed the tools to build numerically-intensive parallel computing clusters on the Macintosh platform. We find that the usability and reliability of the technology is as important as its per-formance. Our approach is designed to allow the user, without expertise in the operating system, to most effi-ciently develop and run parallel code, enabling the most effective advancement of scientific research. In this article we describe the design decisions we made to accomplish these goals and introduce the latest ap-plications of our approach. By “reinventing ” the clus-ter computer, we provide a unique solution designed to maximize access ib i l i ty for users