Thread: More than 2 pcs impossible on Symphony?

Hi,
Maybe a stupid question..
I have tried to install Symphony DE on 2 pcs (WINXP 32bits)
It works (and great :-) )
What I have put in the vem_resource file is:
#....
AGENT:8000:X01P5036:20:0:NTX86:1 (my main pc)
AGENT:8000:192.168.1.3:0:1:NTX86:1 (my computing machine)
#....
(What is between parenthesis is not in the file)

After I have tried to add another pc by doing the following:
*Install Symphony DE on it
*Change my file vem_ressource by adding the line
AGENT:8000:X01D0123:0:1:NTX86:1
*copy this file to each machine (X01p5036, 192.168.1.3 and X01D0123)
*Start Symphony first on X01P5036
* start Symphony on the other machines
On 192.168.1.3 it works without any problem, but when I try to start on X01D0123, I have a msg box with "Failed to start Symphony on this local host.Make sure local host is defined in the first two lines of the config file vem_ressource" or somthing like that...

What did I do wrong?

You aren't doing anything wrong. There is a 2-host limitation for Symphony DE 5.0.

Tks for the answer.
Do you know why?
For commercial purposes?
For technical purposes..?

Is it in the documentation?
Tks
D

It's for commercial purposes. The number of hosts for Symphony DE (free product) is limited to encourage the adoption of the full Symphony product ($) if you require a larger grid. It is definitely *not* a technical limitation - the full product can support a grid with thousands of cores. You can visit Clusters, Grids, Clouds - Platform Computing for more information about Symphony.