Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: Yon Han Chong <Y.H.Chong@cranfield.ac.uk>
Subject: Dynamic load balancing between workstations
Organization: Cranfield University
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:05:53 +0100
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Currently I am using LAM6.0 to create a virtual parallel machine with
AlphaStations.

These machines can be logoned by other users. What would be ideal is to
be able to dynamically balance the load between the workstations. Since
mpi daemon doesn't take much memory or CPU time it can be pre-started on
many machines. Out of all the pre-started machines only some of the
machines are loaded initially. If someone logon to a loaded machine the
load can be move to another machine which is not doing much work. In
this way I will be happy since the parallel efficiency will be very good
and others will be happy since they won't be effected by me. This can be
also true for a big serial code.

Have somebody made this possible or am I just dreaming the impossible?

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Yon Han Chong                     |
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