Tim Cutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These issues are very relevant to successful beowulf computing; as > others have said getting this wrong can cause performance problems > of two or more orders of magnitude, which is much worse than the > difference between (say) using infiniband and GigE for the > interconnect. So one could argue that getting the programming > culture right is actually *more* important than some of the > technical details we like to get so bogged down in.
Ditto. Triple ditto, in fact. If you have a big project, you need to co-design the software and hardware architectures if you want to use resources efficiently. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf