Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Janssen
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2013 02:10, Mark Janssen dreamingforw...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used python for high-performance computing on Beowulf clusters? Yes. How did they deal with the Global interpreter lock across

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 14 January 2013 02:22, Mark Janssen dreamingforw...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2013 02:10, Mark Janssen dreamingforw...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used python for high-performance computing on Beowulf

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Oscar Benjamin
'program'. I used the word 'process'. I have used HPC clusters that I assume count as Beowulf clusters. However, I have never used them in such a way that a single process occurred on multiple machines (the idea seems absurd to me). Maybe I've missed something here... Oscar -- http

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Janssen
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Oscar Benjamin oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2013 02:33, Mark Janssen dreamingforw...@gmail.com wrote: Lol, well that's why I'm asking. I don't see how they can do it without considerable difficulties. What do you want the GIL for across

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Craig Yoshioka
:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2013 02:10, Mark Janssen dreamingforw...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used python for high-performance computing on Beowulf clusters? Yes. How did they deal with the Global interpreter lock across many machines? Cheers