pathos: a framework for heterogeneous computing http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/software.html # Version 0.1a1: 06/28/10 # Highlights First alpha version for initial release. Pathos provides a configurable distributed parallel-map reduce interface to launching RPC service calls, with:: - a map-reduce interface that extends the python 'map' standard - the ability to submit service requests to a selection of servers - the ability to tunnel server communications with ssh - automated load-balancing between multiprocessing and RPC servers The pathos core is built on low-level communication to remote hosts using ssh. The interface to ssh, scp, and ssh-tunneled connections can:: - configure and launch remote processes with ssh - configure and copy file objects with scp - establish an tear-down a ssh-tunnel To get up and running quickly, pathos also provides infrastructure to:: - easily establish a ssh-tunneled connection to a RPC server Documentation: - User's Guide with tutorials - online Reference Manual --- Mike McKerns California Institute of Technology http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns