User`s guide

R2009a
13-2
Number of Local Workers Increased to Eight
You can now run up to eight local workers on your MATLAB client machine. If you do not
specify the number of local workers in a command or configuration, the default number
of local workers is determined by the value of the local scheduler's ClusterSize property,
which by default is equal to the number of computational cores on the client machine.
Compatibility Considerations
In previous versions, the default number of local workers was four, regardless of
the number of cores. If you want to run more local workers than cores (for example,
four workers with only one or two cores), you must set the value of ClusterSize
equal to or greater than the number of workers you need. Then you can specify the
increased number of workers in the appropriate command or configuration, or let your
ClusterSize setting control the default number of workers.
Admin Center Allows Controlling of Cluster Resources
When using the MathWorks job manager, the Admin Center GUI now allows you to
start, stop, and otherwise control job managers and MATLAB workers on your cluster
nodes. For more information about Admin Center, see Admin Center in the MATLAB
Distributed Computing Server documentation.
Compatibility Considerations
You can no longer start Admin Center from the MATLAB Desktop Parallel pull-down
menu. You must start Admin Center from outside MATLAB by executing the following:
• matlabroot/toolbox/distcomp/bin/admincenter (on UNIX operating systems)
• matlabroot\toolbox\distcomp\bin\admincenter.bat (on Microsoft Windows
operating systems)
Support for Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 (CCS v2)
The parallel computing products now support Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 (CCS
v2), including service-oriented architecture (SOA) job submissions. There is no change
to the programming interface for ccs options, other than the addition of a new CCS
scheduler object property, UseSOAJobSubmission. For implications to the installation of