On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > On Sat Apr 18 11:08:21 EDT 2009, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:50 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> >> wrote: >> >> > in a plan 9 system, the only files that i can think of which many processes >> > have open at the same time are log files, append-only files. just >> > reopening >> > log file would solve the problem. >> >> you're not thinking in terms of parallel applications if you make this >> statement. > > you're right. i assume you specificly mean hpc things. the gulf between hpc > and anything else is pretty big. > > - erik > >
Not necessarily. There are plenty of files that a normal process run by any user will access which, upon migrating to another node, will be different or will need to be restored. I gave examples in my earlier email. It's *not* just an HPC problem. It's a problem when you want to be able to move process around even two computers on a home LAN.
