[Paraview] Multiple servers

[David E DeMarle]

Yes.

If you compile paraview from source and turn MPI on, then the server
process can be run as a parallel job (mpirun -np N pvserver).
Connecting to that parallel server and using it is no different than
the client/serial-server case.

I vaguely recall that the Mac binaries are compiled this way, and can
be used directly. Mac are treated differently because the MPI library
on Macs is more standardized than elsewhere.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109



On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM, David Doria<daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to use multiple "average" computers together to improve
> performance? I successfully setup a single server and can use it to
> render from a different computer in client/server mode - but is it
> possible to have a "cloud" or "farm" of computers acting as a single
> server?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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