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Setting Up Cluster
Cube Cluster allows you to configure a Cube Voyager model to run on clustered Cube Voyager instances across the available processors in the PCs in your network. For example, if connected through a standard office Ethernet network, you can configure Cube Cluster to run the model across a network of PCs.
The distributed processing approach requires one multiprocessor computer or a network of computers:
Primary PC
You designate one computer as the primary PC and install the model process and input data on this computer. This computer requires a full license of Cube Voyager (standard desktop license) and a license of Cube Cluster
Node PCs
You configure other computers in your network as node PCs, computers across which Cube Cluster can distribute computing processes. Node PCs do not require Cube Cluster and can operate with either desktop or server licenses of Cube Voyager or with low-cost "node" licenses of Cube Voyager. You cannot use machines with node licenses to start a model run or to run a model process independently.
Once you start a model run, Cube Cluster distributes the process across the configured processors and executes the model. Cube Cluster stores the resulting data and print files on the primary PC for analysis and mapping.
