Re: [boost] Boost.MapReduce: what next?

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.MapReduce: what next?
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-31 12:36:40

> I am thinking now about how to progress my MapReduce library that is in
> the
> Boost SandBox. I have completed the single-machine implementation; it's
> performance is comparable to other libraries such as Phoenix
> (http://mapreduce.stanford.edu) and has been tested by a few people on
> this
> list.
>
> 2. Continue to develop the library in the sandbox to  multi-machine
> implementation and work towards submitting that for formal review. Is
> there
> interest for this?

FWIW, over at saga.cct.lsu.edu we have something similar in the works...
There was even a GSoC project this year to implement MR on top of SAGA (SAGA
== Simple API for Grid Applications, a platform independent framework for
multi-machine (cluster) operation).

Regards Hartmut