Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Alexey Yurievich Starikovsky <alex@cda.ipmce.su>
Subject: Re: PVM on quad CPU boxes
Organization: Compass Design Automation Moscow
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 11:10:24 +0400
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Jacek Radajewski wrote:
> I don't know much about PVM but have just been asked to build a Beowulf
> system running Linux and PVM.  The idea is to have 16 CPUs (PENTIUM 120)
> either on 16 seperate boards or on 4 quad CPU boards.  The boards will
> be connected via 10 or 100MB ethernet.... my question is : How does PVM
> work on multi CPU nodes ? 
IMHO the question is: will _Linux_ run on multi CPU nodes?

As for PVM it certainly will perform better on multi CPU (direct link,
or even shared memory), but You must
consider memory bottleneck for Your tasks (all 4 CPU's will go thru the
same memory).

Regards,
	Alex Starikovsky
Moscow Institute of Phisics and Technology.