Hi all, Quick summary after off-line discussion with Jesper: The max of 32 threads was hard coded in PyMOL. The latest SVN update increases this limit to 125.
If you ever need a higher limit, look for PYMOL_MAX_THREADS in the code. Cheers, Thomas On 22 Jan 2016, at 03:27, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen <je...@mbg.au.dk> wrote: > Hi, > > I am doing some heavy duty ray tracing in PyMOL. > > I realize spreading the job over multiple nodes in a PBS requires MPI > integration in PyMOL, but this is run on a single machine with 36 > physical CPU cores and 72 logical threads. > Although, during PyMOL ray tracing CPU usage maxes-out at 32 treads. > > I have even tried setting max_treads to 72, but PyMOL refuses to use any > more than 32 threads. > > Why this limitation? and is the a way to overcome it? > > Thanks > > Jesper > > -- > Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen > Scientific Computing > Centre for Structural Biology > Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics > Aarhus University > Gustav Wieds Vej 10C > 8000 Aarhus C > > E-mail: je...@mbg.au.dk -- Thomas Holder PyMOL Principal Developer Schrödinger, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
