> smiley noted, but I would suggest that HPC is not > about convenience first - simply having each node > write to a separate file eliminates any such issue, > and is hardly an egregious complication to the code.
I my environment, it is not always up to the system admins to make those decisions. Convenvience for the clients is paramount since their ability to process most efficiently directly adds to the bottom line. The new way of processing (as I mentioned a while back) will make the workflows more streamlined and efficient. It reminds me of an experience I had. We have so many nodes that I wrote a spider to gather all the node info and then created a DB so I can query the information I needed. There were some who thought a flat file would be best because... Suppose a piece of the ISS broke off, survived reentry and landed right on my DB server, what then??? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
