The ROOT system provides a set of OO frameworks with all the functionality needed to handle and analyze large amounts of data efficiently.

This package contains the PROOF server. proofd is the core daemon of the PROOF (Parallel ROOt Facility) system for distributed parallel computing. Installing this package on a machine, makes it possible for the machine to participate in a parallel computing farm (cluster or via the Internet), either as a master or a slave, using a transparent interface.