From: jel@DONTSPAM.louisville.edu (J. E. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
Subject: a design question
Date: 16 Jul 1999 10:09:24 -0400
Organization: University of Louisville Speed Scientific School
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I would like to get an opinion for the design I'm using for a project using PVM.

Here is the problem setup  I have a large quantity of numbers to calculate, and
each number is associated with certain circumstances (so I need to keep the association)

I am currently using a master/slave design where the master delegates to the slaves to 
calculate the number.  The question is would it be better to spawn enough processes to
calculate all of them at once or should I only spawn a subset of the necessary number?

There are approximately 100 items that need their number calculated, and I only have 7 or
8 machines to use.

Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

-- 
Jim Lewis

It isn't life that matters, it's the courage you
bring to it.
	-Hugh Walpole