This has come up before. The Python actor shares a single Python interpreter and serializes your two sleep operations...
Edward Daniel Korytina wrote: > Hello, > > I am striving for some simple parallel execution, but I'm not sure why its > not working. > > My workflow has: > 1. PN director > 2. Python Actor (which runs random sleep(), 0-5 seconds) > > Because the Python actor uses time.sleep(), it has virtually 0% processor > load. > > - I've timed it with the PN Director, then replaced the PN Director with an > SDF Director. But the speed is practically identical. > > Here's the workflow I'm referring to (very simple): > http://sites.google.com/site/korytina/kepler-files/random_sleep.xml > > Q: Is there a simple way to run multiple copies of Python to get faster > execution time? > > Thank you, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Kepler-users mailing list > Kepler-users at kepler-project.org > http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: eal.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 351 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/pipermail/kepler-users/attachments/20090731/8435e68c/attachment.vcf>
