In article <C4novr.Knt at murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, wrp at cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson) writes:
...
|>|> pvm2.4, 20 protein sequences vs
|> annotated PIR34 (approx 10K sequences)
|>|> nodes 11 7 3
|> --------------------
|> k2 78 105 207 (times in seconds)
|> 76 128 206
|> (73.9)
|>
The figures look great indeed. The only problem I see with pvm that
there is very little implemented with respect to the availability,
accounting, security and vulnerability of the distribution.
In contrast to hierarchical access systems, pvm does not intend to
utilize code which is available as standalone but requires further
code modification and maintenance; also, it needs to be configured
with the targeted nodes and might not be as dynamic as possible if
there's a biologist workstation which wants to benefit from the
physics department. Last, remote login with pvm requires 'trusted',
at best yellow pages or similar networked environments. This is beyond
applicability in WANs, but increasingly also affects LANs with
interdepartemental connections.
Regards
Reinhard
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