Re: [OMPI users] Suggestions needed for parallelisation of sorting algorithms (quicksort)

2006-12-20 Thread Renato Golin
On 12/20/06, Harakiri wrote: I will study through the suggested paper, however i actually read a different paper which suggested using less messages, i would imagine that for arrays of numbers lets say 100 Millions - the network messages become the critical factor. IMHO, It depends completely

Re: [OMPI users] Suggestions needed for parallelisation of sorting algorithms (quicksort)

2006-12-20 Thread Harakiri
Thanks for your input, --- Andreas Schäfer wrote: > that even though this results in _many_ messages, > the algorithms > optimal runtime complexity will compensate for it. > > But benchmark your own ;-) I will study through the suggested paper, however i actually read a different paper which s

Re: [OMPI users] Suggestions needed for parallelisation of sorting algorithms (quicksort)

2006-12-19 Thread Andreas Schäfer
Hiho, On 12:33 Tue 19 Dec , Harakiri wrote: > i need some input on the parallelisation of quicksort. > If anyone knows a more appropriate forum/list than > this, please tell me =) uhm, do you have access to a library? Get yourself a textbook on algorithms. Knuth should be a good basis to star

[OMPI users] Suggestions needed for parallelisation of sorting algorithms (quicksort)

2006-12-19 Thread Harakiri
Hello, i need some input on the parallelisation of quicksort. If anyone knows a more appropriate forum/list than this, please tell me =) I've written 2 different approaches to the quicksort parallelisation. 1. The "master" server splits the array of numbers into N seperate parts, where N is the