GoldSim was designed to provide a highly efficient simulation framework for use on a single Windows personal computer. For most applications, running your GoldSim application on a single machine will be sufficient. For highly complex models, however, running Monte Carlo simulations on a single machine could become impractical. For example, if each realization took one minute to complete, then 1000 realizations would take over 16 hours.
The Distributed Processing Module allows you to overcome this problem by combining the power of multiple cores and/or computers to carry out a simulation involving multiple realizations.
This is accomplished by a having a Controller GoldSim executable connect to an unlimited number of Client GoldSim executables. These Client processes can be on a single computer or on computers connected over a network. The Controller assigns and sends individual realizations to the Client processes. Each Client carries out its assigned realization, sends the results to the Controller, and then makes itself available to work on another realization. Once all of the realizations have been completed, the Controller process combines all of the results into a single GoldSim file (and enters Result Mode) just as if the entire simulation had been carried out on the Controller’s machine.
Although the Controller and Client processes will typically be connected via a Local Area Network (LAN), they can also communicate via a Wide Area Network (WAN) or even the Internet. In general, the speed of the simulation is proportional to the number of available Client processes.
There are two versions of the Distributed Processing Module. GoldSim DP comes bundled with all versions of GoldSim, and limits the number of Client processes to four. GoldSim DP Plus allows an unlimited number of Client processes, and must be licensed separately.
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Using the Distributed Processing Module