Advanced Resource Connector
| ARC | |
|---|---|
Screenshot ARC logo and monitor screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | NorduGrid, NeIC, EU projects |
| Initial release | 13 April 2004 |
| Stable release | 6.21
/ 7 November 2024 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C++, PHP, Perl, Python, Shell |
| Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Available in | English, Russian, Swedish |
| Type | Grid computing |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | www |
Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) is a grid computing middleware introduced by NorduGrid. It provides a common interface for submission of computational tasks to different distributed computing systems and thus can enable grid infrastructures of varying size and complexity. The set of services and utilities providing the interface is known as ARC Computing Element (ARC-CE). ARC-CE functionality includes data staging and caching, developed in order to support data-intensive distributed computing. ARC is an open source software distributed under the Apache License 2.0.