[gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine

2010-06-01 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
Hi

I am wondering whether its possible to run gromacs in parallel on single
processor machine with multiple cores?

I have 8 core processor, when I run mdrun in serial I see only one of those
is used at 100%. I am thinking, if possible, to use all cores approximately
equally by running mdrun in parallel and hoping to get results faster.

Any suggestions?

thanks
sikandar
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Re: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine

2010-06-01 Thread Mark Abraham


- Original Message -
From: Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 7:17
Subject: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine
To: Discussion list for GROMACS users gmx-users@gromacs.org

 Hi
 
 I am wondering whether its possible to run gromacs in parallel on single 
 processor machine with multiple cores?
 
 I have 8 core processor, when I run mdrun in serial I see only one of those 
 is used at 100%. I am thinking, if possible, to use all cores approximately 
 equally by running mdrun in parallel and hoping to get results faster.
  
 Any suggestions?

Compiling with MPI and running in parallel is your only current option. See 
GROMACS webpage.

Mark

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Re: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine

2010-06-01 Thread Sikandar Mashayak
well I installed the mpi enabled mdrun and execute it with option -np 8, but
still I see only core is being used at 100% instead of 8.

Is there additional settings to be done to correct this.?

thanks
sikandar

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Mark Abraham mark.abra...@anu.edu.auwrote:



 - Original Message -
 From: Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.com
 Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 7:17
 Subject: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine
 To: Discussion list for GROMACS users gmx-users@gromacs.org

  Hi
 
  I am wondering whether its possible to run gromacs in parallel on single
 processor machine with multiple cores?
 
  I have 8 core processor, when I run mdrun in serial I see only one of
 those is used at 100%. I am thinking, if possible, to use all cores
 approximately equally by running mdrun in parallel and hoping to get results
 faster.
 
  Any suggestions?

 Compiling with MPI and running in parallel is your only current option. See
 GROMACS webpage.

 Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine

2010-06-01 Thread Mark Abraham


- Original Message -
From: Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 8:39
Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine
To: Discussion list for GROMACS users gmx-users@gromacs.org

 well I installed the mpi enabled mdrun and execute it with option -np 8, but 
 still I see only core is being used at 100% instead of 8.
 
 Is there additional settings to be done to correct this.?

Copying and pasting your actual input and output is much more useful than 
filtering things through your head.

What's your actual command line? Does the top of the GROMACS logfile indicate 
you're running on 8 processors? If so, what time does -np1 take to run vs -np 8?

Indications of core utilization can be meaningless, since they rely on 
definitions of work that may not be valid.

Mark

 
 thanks
 sikandar
  
 On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Mark Abraham mark.abra...@anu.edu.au wrote:
  
 
 - Original Message -
 From: Sikandar Mashayak symasha...@gmail.com
 Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 7:17
  Subject: [gmx-users] Running gromacs in parallel on multicore machine
 To: Discussion list for GROMACS users gmx-users@gromacs.org
 
  Hi
   
  I am wondering whether its possible to run gromacs in parallel on single 
  processor machine with multiple cores?
   
  I have 8 core processor, when I run mdrun in serial I see only one of those 
  is used at 100%. I am thinking, if possible, to use all cores approximately 
  equally by running mdrun in parallel and hoping to get results faster.

  Any suggestions?
  
 Compiling with MPI and running in parallel is your only current option. See 
 GROMACS webpage.
  
 Mark 
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