Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi,comp.parallel.pvm From: Merciless Subject: mpi vs. pvm for a multiprocessor computer Organization: LLNL Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:04:45 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <34F7387D.1DCD1C1C@llnl.gov> Hi, I'm currently working with a Dell Workstation 400 with 2 300Mhz processors under Redhat 5.0 and 2.0.32 kernel compiled for SMP. From what I understand, anything I run right now will be split between the 2 CPUs evenly. That's why I'd like to use either MPI or PVM to designate specific processes for the 2 CPUs. I'm looking for something that's proven, although both look like they are widely used. I already have programs that I'd like to use MPI or PVM for, so I'd like the one that would be easier to convert my program to. And for right now, I don't plan on using a network of computers, just a single computer, so I don't care that much about communications over a network. Any unbiased opinions about which one would be better for me to start on would be appreciated. Thanks! Ming-Li Liu liu8@llnl.gov