Advantages/Disadvantages to Using PVM
Advantages/Disadvantages to Using PVM
Advantages
- It is fairly small, with a limited user routine library, yet it is sufficient to implement any parallel programming scheme.
- There is a large and growing user base.
- There are tools (XPVM) for debugging, performance analysis and visualisation.
- Also, continued upgrades are expected in the areas of visualisation, fault tolerance, multimedia applications and performance optimisation for specific architectures.