Re: [osg-users] [3rdparty] How to configure VPB to start compiling database at random tiles.

2009-11-30 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Torben, I'm afraid I'm just too occupied with core OSG tasks to think too deeply about new VPB schemes. I need a bit more time getting the core OSG back up to date with submissions and dev release out before I can start thinking too deeply about other stuff. Robert. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3

Re: [osg-users] [3rdparty] How to configure VPB to start compiling database at random tiles.

2009-11-28 Thread Torben Dannhauer
Hi, My idea was a new parameter in vpbmaster like "diskID " which describes for every source (DEM or textures) the execution of all geenrated taskfiles would be like: [code| for each DiskID: execute next task of this DiskID. if more processes than disks: run multiple processes on each disk [/co

Re: [osg-users] [3rdparty] How to configure VPB to start compiling database at random tiles.

2009-11-27 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Torben, I'm afraid at present there is no way to alter the order that vpbmaster dispatches the tasks. I doubt a random ordering will help, but have a scheme were cache coherency and data locality would be an interest advance. Such a scheme is a non trivial enhancement though. Robert. On Thu

[osg-users] [3rdparty] How to configure VPB to start compiling database at random tiles.

2009-11-26 Thread Torben Dannhauer
Hi, I compile a large Database (800GB terraindata) to a single database. so far it is compiling, but besides 2 processes, all other osgdem instances are more or less at idle, waiting for disk. My source data is spreaded above 4 Disks to lower the disk load an consist of the following directori