Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1) is available for Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1) is available. It fixes problems in Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003.

Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack SP1 provides improved reliability and improved performance for Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack. Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Pack SP1 also provides support for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and support for Windows Deployment Services.

Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack SP1 supports the Compute Cluster Pack client utilities on computers that are running Windows Vista. In addition, Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack SP1 can be installed on x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003 that have not been upgraded with SP2. However, we recommend that you upgrade to Windows Server 2003 with SP2 to take advantage of the improvements that Compute Cluster Pack SP1 provides.

To download Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack SP1, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 includes the following two components:

• Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack
• A 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 brings the supercomputing power of high-performance computing (HPC) to the desktop and to the workgroup level in a familiar Windows-based development environment.

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 accelerates time-to-insight by providing an HPC platform that is easy to deploy, easy to operate, and easy to integrate with existing infrastructure and with existing tools.
For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site: