Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: Daniel Kustrin <dan@minster.york.ac.uk>
Subject: Running a large number of processes problem
Organization: ACAG, University of York
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:35:31 +0000
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is there any way of running a huge number of processes without
hitting the dreaded fork problem? i would like to run say
1k processes (quite small) but since (most?) implementations
use fork to create a new process very soon i run out. 

I am currently using mpich on a four hpux workstations. In a few
weeks i will be switching to a nice new Origin (will that
make any difference?). Perhaps other implementations use somethnig
more lighweight?

dan