[ns] Multi processor systems

[Lloyd Wood]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Heidemann wrote:

> >On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Mark Butler wrote:
> >
> >> I'm thinking of running NS on a multi-processor computer. 
> >
> >to what goal? the standard ns is single-threaded, so you're likely to
> >load up a single processor and nothing else.
> >
> >I've had ns use 50% of the computing power of a dual-processor
> >Sparc20, 25% of a 4-processor UltraSparc...
> >...
> 
> While no single ns job will use multiple CPUs, running multiple
> independent ns jobs is a fine way to make use of CPUs. 

...local admin policy permitting.

L.

besides, how do you tell runq how many processors a machine has?

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