cluster-computing

问题 I am having trouble understanding the concept of blocking communication and non-blocking communication in MPI. What are the differences between the two? What are the advantages and disadvantages? 回答1: Blocking communication is done using MPI_Send() and MPI_Recv(). These functions do not return (i.e., they block) until the communication is finished. Simplifying somewhat, this means that the buffer passed to MPI_Send() can be reused, either because MPI saved it somewhere, or because it has been

问题 At the startup I\'m working at we are now considering scaling solutions for our database. Things get somewhat confusing (for me at least) with MySQL, which has the MySQL cluster, replication and MySQL cluster replication (from ver. 5.1.6), which is an asynchronous version of the MySQL cluster. The MySQL manual explains some of the differences in its cluster FAQ, but it is hard to ascertain from it when to use one or the other. I would appreciate any advice from people who are familiar with