Hi Ed--

	You might be interested in the Squat project ( http://netjam.org/squat
). I think it would be a good fit to the scenario you describe
("embarrasingly parallel"). It uses remote message-sending between small
snapshots, using sockets. I'd be happy to answer questions.


	thanks,

-C

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