WIND can simultaneously use multiple systems connected via a network as though they were a single computer. The systems are typically workstation class machines and need not be all of the same vendor. When operating in distributed parallel processing mode, the system on which the job originates is called the master system. All other systems are called worker systems.
WIND distributes complete zones to participating worker systems.
Each zone is solved in parallel with other zones on other systems. The systems exchange boundary information during each cycle in order to propagate information throughout the computational domain. There may be fewer systems than zones to be computed, in which case, a system will be assigned another zone when it finishes its current assignment. The user specifies the names of the participating worker systems via the multi-processing control file . The automatic restart ability will be invoked as many times as necessary during a job until no more systems are available.