Re: Does Octave run under Linux or in any multiprocessor environment?

[Michael Creel]

On Monday 29 November 2004 16:49, Michael Martin wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Rick K Taketomo wrote:
> > I'd like to use Octave in a multiprocessor batch environment. Has it
> > been
> > used under Linux, such as a Beowolf cluster may use?
>
>  Just FYI, it has been used in Apple's Xgrid parallel computing
> environment.
>
>   http://www.apple.com/acg/xgrid/
>
> And interestingly, there is some work to add Linux agents to run under
> Xgrid
>
>  http://packmug.ncsu.edu/wolfgrid/Xgrid-on-Linux-HOWTO.php
>

Another possibility is ParallelKnoppix, which contains Octave and MPITB. MPITB 
lets Octave scripts and function use LAM/MPI to run in parallel. This is a 
live CD, everything is set up and ready to run. I've used it myself on 
clusters up to 25 nodes. Information is at 
http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix

Regards, Michael



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