Re: The next step: supercomputer via disparate nodes
Hello,
Zack Brown wrote:
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> 2) no node is more or less vital to the system than any other (!)
>
> 3) nodes can connect and disconnect at will [...]
How will it deal with a net.split?
> 4) nodes can locally select to include or exclude jobs (via config file)
> initiated by particular users. PGP authentication ensures identity of user.
...
> 5) any node can submit a job to the whole (so once you're connected, that's
> your login session).
Wouldn't it be simpler to ssh to the machine? That'd allow people
from incompatible machines to submit jobs. (Or even via the web!)
> 6) a mailing list or newsgroup would serve for debates about the merits of
> particular tasks, in which various worthy causes could state their cases.
That's up to the supercomputer admin. Eg if the nodes are the desktop
machines at one company, it can set any policy it likes.
Jiri <jiri@baum.com.au>
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