This wiki page may be of help: http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server
Utkarsh On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Rick Angelini<[email protected]> wrote: > You'll also want to make sure that you either give the full path to pvserver > when you start the mpirun job, or make sure that pvserver is in your default > path. > > Will distributed processing help you? That totally depends on the > distribution of your dataset, speed of your network & processors, etc. If > you try to distribute a "small" dataset across multiple nodes, you may > actually make things slower. Same is true with distributed HW-based > rendering. The bottom line disclaimer: Your actual mileage may vary. > > David Doria wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:34 PM, pat marion<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> You'll want to change your mpirun command a little bit- >>> >>> on machine X: mpirun -np 3 -machinefile machinefile.txt pvserver >>> >>> This will run 3 instances of pvserver where each instance runs on one of >>> the >>> machines specified in machinefile.txt. Machinefile.txt will list the >>> machine hostnames, one per line. You'll need to setup password-less ssh >>> from machine X to machines Y and Z, otherwise it will prompt you for a >>> password for each machine. >>> >>> Here's a link to a little test program you can try. It will have each >>> mpi >>> process print out its rank and hostname so that you can confirm that each >>> process really is running on its own machine- >>> http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/farm/mpi.html >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >> >> Thanks Pat, I'll try that in the morning. Do I have to do anything on >> Y and Z to prepare them to be in the machinefile list (like somehow >> start mpi listening on them)? Also, if starting the pvserver from X, >> does X have to be in the machinefile list? Or is it included >> implicitly? >> >> I've read several opinions on openMPI vs mpich2, but has anyone tested >> these using paraview type benchmarks? >> >> Can anyone comment on whether or not setting up something like this >> will actually help? I am current using a pretty new P4 with 4gb ram >> and a decent video card - would switching to a group of 3 or 4 P3's >> with 2gb ram actually make a difference? Or would it actually be >> worse? Or can I also run an MPI pvserver on my machine so I can use >> A+X+Y+Z? If that is the case, is A smart enough not to send messages >> over the network and then back to itself (i.e. will it really be A + X >> + Y + Z (i.e. strictly better than just A), or will it be (A - a >> decent amount) + X + Y + Z?) >> >> I also have access to an 8 core SGI machine that has no video >> hardware. How much does the video card actually do in the rendering? >> Is 8 cores worse than a machine with one core and a good video card? >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
