Parallel Processing

IPython Kernel

• Kernel is run on each node. Listens for commands from clients and execute. Full kernel workspace can be accessed by clients, including history.

  Found in chainsaw branch of IPython.

• Ideally, one should be able to write a program that could run as easily on one PC as on 10. Could this be done using a proxy object?

References

• Python Trac wiki.

MMPI

Installing MMPI

• Ubuntu packages: mpich-bin, libmpich1.0-dev

$ python setup.py --with-array=numpy --with-mpicc=mpicc build
$ python setup.py install --prefix=${HOME}

Notes

• Two ways of calling: either run mpd server on each node (requires mpich-mpd-bin and is slightly faster), or spawn processes using mpirun (mpich-bin) and rsh.

References

• Mike Steder's MMPI.
• MPICH2, an implementation of the Message-Passing Interface.

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