Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: Nicholas John Nevin <nevin@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Very slow transfer on LAM
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:49:24 -0400
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> 
> Hello!
> 
> We are executing LAM in a very slooooow network (the speed in FTP

Which version of LAM are you using?

> doesn't exceed 16KB/sec) of 3 workstations Sparc (Solaris 2.4). When
> executing a program in the 3 nodes indicating to be transferred from
> the node 0 to the others (option -t for mpirun) ) , 

Do you mean the -s option to load a program on another node.  The -t
option is for trace generation.

> it takes a long
> time to start in the other two nodes (more than 10 minutes).
> 
> Is it normal for the transfer with LAM to be so slow?
> 

No it is not normal.  LAM startup is quite fast.  How big is your
program?

-nick.