On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
> You are both correct. If you simply type "mpirun pvserver", then we will > execute pvserver on whatever machine is local. > > However, if you type "mpirun -n 1 -H host1 pvserver", then we will start > pvserver on the specified host. Note that mpirun will still be executing on > your local machine - but pvserver will be running on the specified host. > > Ralph > Ralph, Does anything change based on where mpirun is executing? Can you shed any light on the initial question of asymmetric behavior? Thanks, David