PVM PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package that permits a heterogeneous collection of Unix and NT computers hooked together by a network to be used as a single large parallel computer. Thus large computational problems can be solved more cost effectively by using the aggregate power and memory of many computers. With thousands of users, PVM has become the de facto standard for heterogeneous cluster computing world-wide. The source is available free thru netlib and has been compiled on everything from laptops to CRAYs.

Current Version:   3.4.3 License Type:   Freely Distributable

Home Site: http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm Source Code Availability: Yes http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/index.html Available Binary Packages: Debian Package: No RedHat RPM Package: Yes, ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/ (pvm*) Other Packages: No Targeted Platforms: PVM software is very portable. It has been used on all the follow systems. A virtual computer can be composed of a mixture of any of the these computers. PCs Pentium , Pentium Pro, Duals and Quads --- Win95, NT 3.5.1, NT 4.0, Linux, Solaris, SCO, NetBSD, BSDI, FreeBSD. MAC --- NetBSD Next Amiga --- NetBSD Workstations and Shared-memory Servers SUN3, SUN4, SPARC --- SunOS, Solaris IBM RS6000, J30 --- AIX HP 9000 --- HPux DEC Alpha, Pmax, microvax --- OSF SGI --- IRIS 5.x, IRIS 6.x Parallel Computers Cray YMP, T3D, T3E, Cray2 Convex Exemplar IBM SPn, 3090 NEC SX-3 Fujitsu Amdahl TMC CM5 Intel Paragon Sequent Symmetry, Balance Software/Hardware Requirements: None

Other Links: http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/book/pvm-book.html (User Guide) Software tools and math libraries that work with PVM http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/faq_html/faq.html (FAQ) Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups: comp.parallel.pvm User Comments: http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm/pvm_home.html#SURVEY See A Screen Shot? XPVM Graphical Interface

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