On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:53:33 +0200, Martijn Kruithof wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>if that what you describe is the problem the solution is obvious
>If a client checked out an (set of) exponent(s) and has not returned it yet
>just re-assign that same (set of) exponent(s).
The problem is that the two machines that were doing that had used
nearly every exponent in a particular category on the server. George
could start putting work on the server further in advance, but that
would mean less flexibility for everyone.
>copy back the prime.spl files to the machine with internet
>connectivity.
I'm fairly sure that the client security doesn't allow doing that; I
could be wrong though.
>Although I must say some hundred assignments would normally do in these
>cases.
That was my conclusion as well.
However, Brian Beesley pointed out (offlist) that a large Beowulf
cluster (for large values of 'large', to be sure) could complete that
number of exponents in a reasonable time.
My personal opinion is that people who are going to check out that
large a number of exponents ought to let PrimeNet and/or George know
in advance, but that might discourage them, so I suppose it's
debatable...
Nathan
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