Matt Finckel wrote:
serving Matlab from Novell or NT.
Matlab is not inherently disk intensive. It is a programming environment
though, so the volume of disk I/O depends on what the user programs.
As for the Psychtoolbox, The first time Matlab executes a file it loads it
into memory and holds it, or a compiled version of it. For this reason, it
is possible that executing files on a remote server would not interfere
with time-critical Psychtoolbox stuff. It would be good to test that
theory before believing in it. Also, My earlier statements
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox/message/543 )about running the
psychtoolbox with the network on still apply.
representative from Mathworks could answer, if you can't find that info on
their web site.
Best,
Allen
PS. I am copying this message to the psychtoolbox forum
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox) because maybe there is someone
there in the same boat.
> Hello,Thanks for explaining, I was puzzled by what that meant.
>
> I am with Computing Services and I wanted to ask you a few questions.
>
> The "push" term is really a term we use here at Denison to describe how
> Novell Zenworks operates. When a user double clicks on a program icon
> displayed in a Zenworks window, it "pushes" the necessary files and
> registry keys down to the local PC to permit the software to run off of
> a server install. We "push" alot of software to avoid the time
> consumption involved in building new PC labs with local software.
> - I am interested in knowing how disk intensive MatLab is and if youMathworks (www.mathworks.com) would be a good place to look or ask about
> know of any schools that are running this software from a server (NT or
> Novell).
serving Matlab from Novell or NT.
Matlab is not inherently disk intensive. It is a programming environment
though, so the volume of disk I/O depends on what the user programs.
As for the Psychtoolbox, The first time Matlab executes a file it loads it
into memory and holds it, or a compiled version of it. For this reason, it
is possible that executing files on a remote server would not interfere
with time-critical Psychtoolbox stuff. It would be good to test that
theory before believing in it. Also, My earlier statements
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox/message/543 )about running the
psychtoolbox with the network on still apply.
> - Because Zenworks has license metering, which will only allow X numberI don't know the details, but it sounds like a question that a sales
> of users to run the executable off the server at once, I am interested
> in knowing how concurrent licensing compares with per-seat licensing.
representative from Mathworks could answer, if you can't find that info on
their web site.
Best,
Allen
PS. I am copying this message to the psychtoolbox forum
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox) because maybe there is someone
there in the same boat.