Yun Shi wrote:
And another difference I noticed from .log files are:
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Initial maximum inter charge-group distances:
    two-body bonded interactions: 0.451 nm, LJ-14, atoms 3586 4808
  multi-body bonded interactions: 0.451 nm, Proper Dih., atoms 3586 4808
Minimum cell size due to bonded interactions: 0.496 nm
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Optimizing the DD grid for 48 cells with a minimum initial size of 0.620 nm
The maximum allowed number of cells is: X 12 Y 12 Z 12
Domain decomposition grid 8 x 3 x 2, separate PME nodes 24
PME domain decomposition: 8 x 3 x 1
Interleaving PP and PME nodes
This is a particle-particle only node

Domain decomposition nodeid 0, coordinates 0 0 0

Using two step summing over 21 groups of on average 2.3 processes
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for the slow one, while for the fast one:
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Initial maximum inter charge-group distances:
    two-body bonded interactions: 0.450 nm, LJ-14, atoms 2064 3014
  multi-body bonded interactions: 0.450 nm, Proper Dih., atoms 2064 3014
Minimum cell size due to bonded interactions: 0.494 nm
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Optimizing the DD grid for 48 cells with a minimum initial size of 0.618 nm
The maximum allowed number of cells is: X 12 Y 12 Z 12
Domain decomposition grid 8 x 3 x 2, separate PME nodes 24
PME domain decomposition: 8 x 3 x 1
Interleaving PP and PME nodes
This is a particle-particle only node

Domain decomposition nodeid 0, coordinates 0 0 0

Using two step summing over 18 groups of on average 2.7 processes
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Are these differences likely to generate huge performance difference?


I would think these differences would not account for a threefold slowdown of one simulation relative to the other. Please investigate the hardware issues I suggested before.

-Justin

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