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| Original author(s) | Egan Ford |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Egan Ford, Jarrod Johnson, Bruce Potter, Andy Wray |
| Initial release | October 31, 1999 |
| Stable release | 2.17.0
/ November 13, 2024[1] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Perl, Python, Bash |
| Operating system | Linux, IBM AIX, Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 5 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Distributed computing |
| License | Eclipse Public License |
| Website | xcat |
xCAT (Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit) is open-source distributed computing management software developed by IBM, used for the deployment and administration of Linux or AIX based clusters.
In September 2023 the primary developers of xCAT said that they moved onto other roles and could no longer work on it, asking the community if anyone would like to take over, as otherwise they planned to end-of-life the project on December 1, 2023.[2] A consortium of companies organized to take over the development,[3] later releasing version 2.17.[4]
- ^ "Releases · xcat2/xcat-core". github.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Besaw, Nathan A (2023-09-01). "Announcement: xCAT Project End-Of-Life planned for December 1, 2023". xCAT-user (Mailing list). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Hilger, Markus (2023-12-11). "xCAT Consortium Update". xCAT-user (Mailing list). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ "2.17 Release Notes". 2024-11-13.
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