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Re: IDL with multiple processors [message #13868 is a reply to message #13717] Tue, 15 December 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
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In article <36754DD9.66084666@io.harvard.edu>
Martin Schultz <mgs@io.harvard.edu> writes:

> Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
>
>> A little experimenting shows that starting an extra idl process
>> on the same machine, with the same display, does not allocate
>> extra licenses. With three idl processes on the machine,
>> lmstat -A reports only 10 licenses in use. Starting a
>> process on another machine (regardless of display destination)
>> requires another 10, but additional processes on that
>> machine (with the same display) requires no more licenses).
>>
>> Stein Vidar
>
> that's what I find (thanks for the lmstat tip). But is this true for
> multiprocessor machines as well? If you (happen to) log in on a different
> processor for your second session: does this count as different machine?

It appears that multiprocessor machines behave as a single machine.
At least on an AlphaServer with 4 processors we have here. It seems
like it's the "hostname" or something similar that's used for ID.

Regards,

Stein Vidar
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