[Wien] MPI Strategy

2011-04-04 Thread Peter Blaha
Please read the doku about parallelization in the WIEN2k usersguide. mpi-parallelization is NOT done over k-points. mpi-parallelization is useful ONLY for bigger cases, where big depends on your machine, accuracy and number of processes you want to use. Typically, the blocksize of an mpi-block

[Wien] MPI Strategy

2011-04-01 Thread Laurence Marks
I've seen this sort of trend elsewhere, sysadmins expecting users to only run one mpi job rather than parallel ones, and this can lead to problems for Wien2k. Some possibilities: 1. Run everything as 1 mpi. This is less efficient, quicker for you. 2. Use rsh, or ask a sysadmin for an equivalent.

[Wien] MPI Strategy

2011-04-01 Thread David Tompsett
Dear All, I have recently moved my Wien2k calculations to a new machine (Hector in the UK). This machine does not allow passwordless ssh and therefore disables the k-point parallel part of Wien2k. I therefore want to clarify some points about how MPI (chiefly lapw1_mpi) works in Wien2k. If I run