ElectricAccelerator — Features and Benefits

Speeds Builds and Improves Throughput
   
Supports GNU Make, Nmake, Visual Studio, SCons, Jam, and Ant plus Eclipse and Visual Studio IDEs Requires virtually no change to scripts or the way developers work

Supports build tools and other types of controllers which support a parallel or multithreaded execution model Electrify feature automatically distributes commands requiring almost no changes to existing system

Automatic performance improvement and minimal maintenance Electric Make® updates dependency information after every build, so that even as files evolve, performance is automatically maintained

Provides centralized "build-as-a-service" Sharing and centralizing compute resources delivers hardware utilization gains and cost savings over individual or decentralized build machines

Virtually Eliminates Broken Builds
 
Dynamic dependency discovery and management Patented technology delivers as much as 20x faster builds over home-grown or commercial build management tools

Accurate incremental builds Captures complete dependency information with no human intervention for reliable incremental builds

Network performance optimization On-the-fly compression and agent caching ensure that the LAN isn’t a bottleneck and ElectricAccelerator can even be used on ordinary developer desktops

Failover support Ensures consistent performance should a node in the cluster fail

Works the Way You Work
Compiler- and SCM agnostic Works with any compiler or configuration management system

No down time for system administration No need to take the entire cluster down for scheduled maintenance or upgrades

Virtualizes build configurations No need to configure cluster for specific build environments, or maintain multiple VM images; automatically handle configuration changes

Tools from the build machine mirrored dynamically to the cluster Simplifies the administration load of supporting multiple tool configurations

Grid integrations Integrated with Platform LSF grid engine to leverage the power of grid computing for software builds and eliminate the need for standalone build labs

Static analysis compatible Works with the Klocwork Insight static analysis tool

"Software builds used to be so frustrating that I had to leave the building. Now I can actually wait for my builds to complete."
— Qualcomm