Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi From: "Alexander N. Andreyev" Subject: Re: MPICH Support NT clusters? Organization: Data Express Online Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:53:15 +0300 Message-ID: <6bu9v3$25t$1@deol.deol.ru> >For those running MPI on NT clusters, do you have to login >locally to all machines? Is there a way to run remotely >on other machines? It wasn't clear to me if any of the three packages I've seen can run remotely (FM-MPI,WMPI,WMPICH). Yes, you only have to install a service that will handle remote-starting. This is in case of WMPI - service_p4.exe and in case of MPICH/NT - mpiserve.exe. We are using WMPI 0.9 and remote starting works with no troubles. In case of HPVM package (to which you probably refer as FM-MPI), there is a more complicated (and, probably, more powerful) mechanism of remote starting - Java front-end, working through Load Sharing Facility software.