Fw: [AG-TECH] multinode?

[Alan Kraft]

I am just curious.  Has a SUN platform ever been tried on AG?

Al Kraft



> 	Both platforms have globus, Windows and Linux. How else would a 
> personal node work? :)
> 	Chris is right, all combinations work. Python and C are cross-platform 
> languages. In theory even Mac OS-X would work too, using the unix AG source.
> 
> 	Derek
> 
> Natalia Costas Lago wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Do people involved in Grid projects agree with that?. Does Win globus
> > support have the same functionality as Linux one? I think I recalled that
> > some months ago I realised that there werent the same globus files in
> > windows than in Linux, and I asked our system guys and they said that there
> > was no globus for windows...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Natalia.
> > 
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Osland, CD (Chris)" 
> >> <C.D.Osland at rl.ac.uk>
> >> To: "AG-TECH list" <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
> >> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:49 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] multinode?
> >>
> >>
> >>> I totally agree; all-Windows, all-Linux, mixed: all work.  I don't
> >>> know the status of AG on Macs these days because we don't use them.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> Chris
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> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> >>>> Behalf Of Christoph Willing
> >>>> Sent: 19 November 2004 03:43
> >>>> To: Natalia Costas Lago
> >>>> Cc: AG-TECH list
> >>>> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] multinode?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 19/11/2004, at 3:48 AM, Natalia Costas Lago wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > mmm... r u sure? I thought the reason of the linux nodes was the
> >>>> > possibility of accessing the grid by means of globus.
> >>>> > Am I wrong??
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> The globus stuff exists in the Windows version of the AG2 toolkit too.
> >>>>
> >>>> While the answers below to the original question are strictly correct,
> >>>> one can also ask/respond:
> >>>>
> >>>> Can a multisystem node use linux as all three computers?
> >>>> yes
> >>>> What is the purpose of windows .... do I need it?
> >>>> no
> >>>>
> >>>> > >  Can a multisystem node use winXP as all three computers?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > yes
> >>>> >
> >>>> > > What is the purpose of the linux .... do I need it?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > no
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Christoph Willing                        Ph: +61 7 3365 8350
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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