multiprocessing is very good solution for scatter-and-gather (or map/reduce) type workloads: for example ssh to 1000 machines, run some commands, grab output, a

multiprocessing is very good solution for scatter-and-gather (or map/reduce) type workloads: for example ssh to 1000 machines, run some commands, grab output, analyze output, done some action based on output, etc if you are managing a fleet of machines and have some tasks to do on each machine, then multiprocessing is the life saver.