From: Josh Guffin Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi Subject: Can MPI... Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:10:20 -0500 Organization: Purdue University Message-Id: <36FE6275.2F594821@tryit.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------FAC7F11788AE26B0596613D7" Xref: ukc comp.parallel.mpi:4854 --------------FAC7F11788AE26B0596613D7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does MPI allow dynamic resizing of the processor pooL? That is, say I have a rather large ( > 1000 hrs) simulation running. Three nice new PIII 500's arrive. Can I plug em in and share the load? Could I also yank some of the older processors for repairs, upgrades, etc? Assuming of course i've set up the master program correctly and the new slaves are running the correct processes. Thanks, Josh -- +--------Josh Guffin---------+ | MECO Network Admin | | I like cheese in my sig | +----------------------------+ jguffin at physics dot purdue dot edu --------------FAC7F11788AE26B0596613D7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does MPI allow dynamic resizing of the processor pooL?

That is, say I have a rather large ( > 1000 hrs) simulation running.
Three nice new PIII 500's arrive.  Can I plug em in and share the load?
Could I also yank some of the older processors for repairs, upgrades,
etc?

Assuming of course i've set up the master program correctly and the new
slaves are running the correct processes.

Thanks,

Josh
  

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