[Spread-users] Is this a reasonable way to use spread?

[Theo Schlossnagle]

James Rauser wrote:

>I see two potential problems: 1) the number of groups can expand to
>upwards of 1,000, and 2) the clients will be connecting to the spread
>network from nodes outside of the network which are not running their
>own daemons.  In the extreme, this might result in a single daemon
>having to handle connections to several hundred clients as well
>as the jobs on its cluster node.  I can't tell from the papers and
>documentation available whether this is feasible and within spread's
>capabilities or not.
>  
>
While running Spread on several hundred machines may be a challenge, 
running several handfuls of Spread daemons with hundreds of clients and 
thousands of groups is not.  If you _really_ need to run several hundred 
daemons, I am sure the CNDS folks will be more that interested in 
learning more about your specific problems.

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