Parallelization with Python: which, where, how?

[Ganesan R]

>>>>> "Mathias" == Mathias  <no_sp at m_please.cc> writes:

> Dear NG,
> I have a (pretty much) "emberassingly parallel" problem and look for
> the right toolbox to parallelize it over a cluster of homogenous linux
> workstations. I don't need automatic loop-parallelization or the like
> since I prefer to prepare the work packets "by hand".
> I simply need
> - to specify a list of clients
> - a means of sending a work packet to a free client and receiving the
>     result (hopefully automatically without need to login to each one)
> - optionally a timeout mechanism if a client doesn't respond
> - optionally help for debugging of remote clients

pypvm or pympi? See http://pypvm.sourceforge.net/ and
http://pympi.sourceforge.net/. 

Ganesan