Developing for a Cluster Environment

The Oracle Solaris OS can be configured into a cluster environment to improve availability. The Sun Cluster Data Services Developer’s Guide for Solaris OS describes the Sun Cluster data service API. Developers can use this API to turn a standard user application such as a web browser or database into a highly available data service that can run in the Sun Cluster environment.

In addition, you can parallelize applications to enable them to reap the benefits of running in a clustered environment. Oracle Message Passing Toolkit is a set of parallel development tools for high-end distributed memory applications, featuring the Message Passage Interface (MPI) library. See Using Sun HPC ClusterTools for more information.