[Bioclusters] OS X/XGRID versus Linux/MPI

[Rayson Ho]

For internet style grid-computing, you can also look at BOINC...
SETI at home is migrating to the BOINC platform.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

(SGE may be too heavy weight for scheduling across the internet)

Rayson


--- Kevin Blanchard <kevin at kevinblanchard.com> wrote:
> okay that makes more sense. I had come across the project at
> Standford 
> http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~cparnot/xgrid-stanford/  and had used MPI
> but 
> not Xgrid and wondered if it was a replacement for, or worked
> together 
> with ,a  MPI cluster.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> 
> Rayson Ho wrote:
> 
> >Xgrid is a batch scheduler... while MPI is an API for parallel
> >programming.
> >
> >You can writing an MPI program, and submit it to XGrid. XGrid will
> find
> >the requested number of machines for you, and then start the job.
> >
> >On the other hand, you can install SGE (GridEngine) on a Linux
> cluster
> >-- SGE is more powerful than XGrid -- and let it schedule your
> serial
> >or parallel jobs.
> >
> >SGE:
> >http://gridengine.sunsource.net
> >
> >Rayson
> >
> >
> >--- Kevin Blanchard <kevin at kevinblanchard.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Has anyone had any experience using OS X with Xgrid (all on local
> >>LAN) , 
> >>versus a linux setup  running MPI.  I know some still debate the
> true
> >>
> >>definition of cluster vs grid, and whether you can truly have a LAN
> >>Grid 
> >>,etc.. anyway semantics aside. Basically looking to see if anyone
> has
> >>
> >>been using Xgrid with in a LAN environment.  The cost is much
> >>greater, 
> >>but setup is a no brainer for Xgrid.  I was trying to google some 
> >>performance comparisons with not much luck.  Any one have any
> stories
> >>, 
> >>good or bad, to share using xgrid?
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