Open Source Network Servers in Java

JPPF enables applications with large processing power requirements to be run on any number of computers, in order to dramatically reduce their processing time. This is done by splitting an application into smaller parts that can be executed simultaneously on different machines. How it works There are 2 aspects to this: Dividing an application into smaller parts that can be executed independently and in parallel. JPPF provides facilities that make this effort a lot easier, faster and much less painful than without them. The result is a JPPF object called a \"job\", itself made of smaller independent parts called \"tasks\". A JPPF Grid is made of a server, to which any number of execution nodes are attached. A node is a JPPF software component that is generally installed and running on a separate machine. This is commonly called a master/slave architecture, where the work is distributed by the server (aka \"master\") to the nodes (aka \"slaves\"). In JPPF terms, a unit of work is called a \"job\", and its constituting \"tasks\" are distributed by the server among the nodes for parallel execution.