Is XGrid Controller Really Only a 32-bit Process?

[FluJunkie]

Cross-Posting from Serverfault.com:

So Lion generally represented a pretty serious move toward 64-bit systems for Mac OS X. But while I was poking around the Lion Server: Advanced Administration guidelines here:

https://help.apple.com/advancedserveradmin/mac/10.7/#apd028B7F36-CEF3-46A8-B6CA-B138FCCFF527

I ran across this gem:

If you are trying to submit jobs over 2 GB The Xgrid controller is a 32-bit process and keeps most job input and output data in memory. This means that the controller can crash if your jobs require a large amount of input or produce a large amount of output.

You can use a shared filesystem (such as Xsan or NFS) to share large amounts of data between distributed processes.

Is that text a holdover from an older version of the documentation, or is the Xgrid controller still really a 32-bit process?

 

[FluJunkie]

Anyone?

 

[DustinT]

Just launch the controller on your system and check Activity Monitor to find out if it's 32 or 64 b.

 

[FluJunkie]

Just launch the controller on your system and check Activity Monitor to find out if it's 32 or 64 b.

One would need a copy of Lion server, no?

 

[belvdr]

xgridcontrollerd is a 64-bit application on 10.7 server and I would assume the same on 10.7. You can test it yourself using xgridctl from Terminal.