Mark Komarinski writes: > Maybe I'm not understanding the issue, but isn't the above why queuing > systems were made? We're using a dirt-old version of Platform LSF and > it already solves the 'running on heterogeneous systems distributed > across an arbitrary number of nodes' problem. While returning the > output via LSF or shared filesystem.
I don't have much to say about the "how to manage heterogeneous systems problem". The parallel computer that I worked extensively with in the past consisted of machines that were all running the same hardware and the same OS (this was deliberate). >From my perspective, employing a boring/normalized/easily-scriptable naming scheme would have been advantageous. This isn't the scheme that was put into place ; it wasn't the end of the world for me ; I worked with this. Systems like LSF sound neat but I've never had occasion to use a system like this ; I can't comment on these things. Regards, --kevin -- alumni.unh.edu!kdc / http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ GnuPG: D87F DAD6 0291 289C EB1E 781C 9BF8 A7D8 B280 F24E Wipe him down with gasoline 'til his arms are hard and mean From now on boys this iron boat's your home So heave away, boys. -- Tom Waits _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
