User manual

2 Network Administration
Preparing for Distributed Computing
In this section...
“Before You Start” on page 2-2
“Planning Your Network Layout” on page 2-2
“Network Requirements” on page 2-3
“Fully Qualified D omain Names” on page 2-3
“Security Considerations” on page 2-4
This section discusses the requirements and configurations for your network
to support distributed computing.
Before You Start
Before attempting an installation of Distributed Computing Toolbox and
MATLAB Distributed Computing Engine, read Chapter 1, “Introduction” to
familiarize yourself w ith the concepts and vocabulary of the products.
Planning Your Network Layout
Generally, there is not much difficulty in deciding which machines will run
worker processes and which will run client processes. Worker sessions usually
run on the cluster of machines dedicated to that purpose. T he client session of
MATLAB usually runs where MATLAB p rograms are run, often on a user’s
desktop.
The job manager process should run on a stable mach ine, with adequate
resources to manage the number of tasks and amount of data expected in your
distributed computing applications.
The following table sho ws what products and p rocess es are ne eded for each of
these roles in the distributed computing configuration.
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