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From: Der Herr Hofrat (der.herr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-22 00:07:54


>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the delayed reply. In LAM, we implement a modified form of the
> CL algorithm (crtcp module). In a broad sense, the CL algorithm in a
> specifies that we save the state of the processes and the network so that
> it can be restored at a later point in time. We do the same but instead of
> saving the state of the network, we drain it. However, we are not aware of
> any implementation which follows the exact protocol specified in the CL
> algorithm. Also note that most implementations modify CL algorithm since
> CL is not scalable when the number of processes (n) is very large and the
> network is only "virtually" fully connected as opposed to being
> "physically fully connected".
>
just out of curiosity - why would a virutally conected network
be a problem to include in the state ?

hofrat