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From: Mars Lenjoy (mars.lenjoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-04 07:45:30


thanks, any documents about the 2nd answer?
i want to do that in detail :)

2006/3/27, Davide Cesari <dcesari_at_[hidden]>:
> imran shaik ha scritto:
> > Hi i am a newbie to MPI.
> >
> > 1)To run MPI programs , do i need a clustering software such as openMosix or Oscar?
> > 2)Is LAM-MPI capable of running programs on multiple hosts without clustering environments?
> >
>
> Fast answer:
> 1)No, 2)Yes
>
> Longer answer:
> In order to run MPI programs with LAM on different hosts you just need that the
> hosts be reachable by ssh or rsh from one of them and have the same version of
> LAM-MPI installed. It is also advisable, to simplify the things, that the
> username used to start MPI processes is the same on all the hosts and their home

> directory is shared through nfs, but in principle this is not required.
> bye, Davide
>
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