Cube Cluster

Model details

With Cube Cluster, you can 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 might configure Cube Cluster to run your model across several of the existing office PCs. Cube Cluster can even run the model across the processors on a single dual-core PC.

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. You can only use machines with node licenses in distributed processing, commanded by the primary PC.

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.

Info Sheet: Improving Run Times with Cube Cluster
Case Study: Reducing Run Times for Large Urban Models
Case Study: Running Highway Assignment Models Faster
Case Study: Reducing Run Times of Complex Regional Models

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