On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Prentice Bisbal <prent...@ias.edu> wrote:
> You'd hope that. Most of my current clusters users are scientific > researchers in academia, not computer scientists. While some are > extremely computer savvy, others have learned just enough about > programming to do their calculations. Expecting the latter to write code > with checkpointing is unrealistic, and working in academia, I can't > force them to. Which is why taking down 4 nodes instead of just one is > less than ideal. > I find it's still advantageous to push them to learn it. A researcher working with a tight deadline for a grant will often see the light when a hardware failure loses them a month or more of data processing. It really is in their own best interests to learn about their tools. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
