From: Lars Rzymianowicz Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi Subject: Re: simulation Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:48:30 +0200 Organization: Dept. of Computer Engineering, University of Mannheim, Germany Message-Id: <3736F1BE.40EFC7A8@ti.uni-mannheim.de> References: <3730196D.81DB0CBD@soc.staffs.ac.uk> <3736C2C9.DC839130@soc.staffs.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: ukc comp.parallel.mpi:5063 Tim Cockle wrote: > > Hello, I am a researcher for Staffordshire University. I am working on > > an information service for a metacomputing environment. The information > > service is based on agent technology and will use a > > message-passing interface to allow nodes to communicate. I am looking > > for a package that will allow me > > to simulate my architecture to give me a better understanding of the > > management overheads incurred. Do any of any products provide such > > simulation tools that allow a user to build an application model to be > > simulated in 'real' network conditions? Hi Tim, i don't know about simulators for message passing. In fact, you don't need them. Just pick one machine and "simulate" your app on it by starting all processes on one machine. I think, thats the way people do it. There is no need for a simulator when you can use the real system... Lars -- Homepage: http://mufasa.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/lsra/persons/lars/