Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!job00542 From: job00542@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Subject: Timing parallel programs on Balance Message-ID: <63900005@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Jun 90 18:13:00 GMT Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #N:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:63900005:000:333 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!job00542 Jun 26 13:13:00 1990 I am working on a parallel Fortran program for the Sequent Balance and am having difficulties getting accurate timings because the results vary with the system load, even though I'm measuring CPU time. I've heard that gang scheduling of processes will help-- does anyone know how to do this? Thanks in advance... James Bordner