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PimpMy | Softgrid

Thursday, 09 August 2007 by Michel Roth

Tim Mangan, the man who developed the Softgrid sequencer when Softgrid was still wearing a virtual diaper, has announced another really cool new project: PimpMy | Softgrid.

Well, to say the very least the name sounds...well interesting. What is PimpMy | Softgrid? PimpMy| SoftGrid is a software add-on that completes your SoftGrid environment. What does it do?

�Customizations for management
�Customizations for performance
�Documented access to the SoftGrid database
�Diagnostics for when things are broken
�Different Views of deployment configuration
�The PIMPX transfer wizard for moving from test to production
�The Pimp Monitor, replacing the real-time monitor functions pulled from the product when Microsoft acquired it.

The software comes with two components, one for the Management Server and one for the Virtual Application Server.

PimpMyWeb Service
The Management Interface is an ASP.NET application that runs on the same IIS server that is housing your SoftGrid Management Service. Rather than a separate service and console, as is done in SoftGrid, we have integrated these two components so that you can manage via PimpMy using a standard web browser.

PimpMyMonitor Agent
The Real-Time monitor agent is a windows service that is installed alongside the Virtual Application Service. It provides the real-time reporting information that is needed by the PimpMyweb service.
Although not in the current release, we have plans to share this agent real-time information with other management platforms you may have in your environment.

PimpMy| SoftGridis licensed to be fare to both small and large SoftGrid implementations. There is a license for each Web Service and another for each Monitor Agent. This corresponds to each SoftGrid Management Server and each SoftGrid Virtual Application Server installed, including test servers. Note that this licensing scheme does not consider which SoftGrid client you are using (Terminal Services or Desktop), nor thenumber of users, either named or concurrent.

Learn more about PimpMy | Softgrid at TMurgent.com.