What is the Distributed Processing Module and how can it be used?
The GoldSim Distributed Processing Module is an add-on module that allows you to combine the power of multiple computers connected over a network to carry out a simulation involving multiple Monte Carlo realizations. This is accomplished by a having a master GoldSim executable connect to any number of slave GoldSim executables installed on separate computers. The master executable assigns and sends individual realizations to the slaves. Each slave carries out its assigned realization, sends the results to the master, and then makes itself available to work on another realization. Once all of the realizations have been completed, the master 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 master machine.
