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What's the advantage of running 150k cores for 18 hours versus far fewer cores over a period of a few days or weeks? Is efficiency gained with increased concurr
by cj 13y ago
What's the advantage of running 150k cores for 18 hours versus far fewer cores over a period of a few days or weeks? Is efficiency gained with increased concurrency while processing data in a certain way?
- res0nat0r 13y agoSince it is massively parallel you are saving time.
- ceejayoz 13y agoIf you're going to spend the same amount either way, you might as well get the results back in a day.
- njharman 13y agoUm, done in 18 hours rather than days or weeks is (or can be) a huge advantage in it's self.
- Fomite 13y agoYou can get your answer back in 18 hours. For many research questions, being able to answer quickly has value - either for the use of the results, or if you're actually doing many runs doing parameter sweeps and the like.