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Date: Tue,  3 Mar 2009 08:00:21 -0800
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] threads vs forks
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:52 AM, hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com> wrote:

> You see, I have to launch many tasks running in parallel (~5000) in a
> cluster running linux. Each of the task performs some astronomical
> calculations and I am not pretty sure if using fork is the best answer
> here.


lots of questions first .

how  many cluster nodes. how long do the jobs run. input files or
args? output files? how big? You can't say much with the information
you gave.

ron