For the sake of others as easily confused as myself, I note (now, thanks!) that OpenMP and OpenMPI are two different things: OpenMP (an alternative to the MPI method) is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMP OpenMPI (an implementation of MPI) is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMPI Cool. Peter
On Nov 28, 2007 8:49 AM, Charlie Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Jeffrey B. Layton wrote: > > > If you don't want to pay money for an MPI, then go with Open-MPI. > > It too can run on various networks without recompiling. Plus it's > > open-source. > > Unless you are using a gigabit ethernet, Open-MPI is noticeably less > efficient that LAM-MPI over that fabric. > > I suspect at some point in the future gige will catch-up but for now > my (limited) understanding is that the Open-MPI folks are focusing > their time on higher bandwidth/lower latency fabrics than gige. > > charlie > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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