Martin Geisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Hi again

> The results are from test runs between the machines thyra (Aarhus,
> Denmark), bazooka (LA, USA), and serengeti (Trondheim, Norway). I have
> used benchmark.py, some shell scripting and lots of patience :-)
>
> The first graph shows parallel multiplications in the standard 65 bit
> field. The time is the total time used on the three machines. One can
> see that bazooka is a bit slower than the two others, but overall they
> follow each other nicely.

This is a plot that shows how the data is spread:

<<inline: spread.png>>

I have sorted the timings for each run and plotted the results so that
the 1st quartile is a 0.25, the median value at 0.5, and the 3rd
quartile at 0.75.

I guess the graph shows that the data is alright: most data values (the
lowest 75% or so) are close together around the median. About 10% of the
data is much larger than the rest, but those spikes are probably the
result of network congestion between the three machines. The bazooka
machine is a shared webserver and it normally has a load of 5-10, but
I've also seen it go to 20+ at times.

-- 
Martin Geisler
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