[gmx-users] jobs in parallel

[Patricia Soto Becerra]

Hi gmx-users!,
I have some difficulties to run parallel jobs in a new cluster (128 dual
CPU Xeon 3.06 Ghz processors with a Myrinet high-speed interconnect).

When I submit my job:

mpirun -np 2 mdrun_mpi -s topol.tpr

It is reported to be running on a specific node. For example, when I
type *qstat* it is reported to run on node10.

If I check the md0.log and md1.log files, the processes are running on
other nodes (say node01 and node02)!!. When I connect to the nodes
reported in md0.log and md1.log indeed the jobs are running there (node01
and node02), and nothing in node10 (the one that is reported by
*qstat*). The performace is so low under these conditions that for any 
benchmark of gromacs the parallel jobs turn to be a lot slower than a
single node job.

My guess is that there is a problem with PBS (?) but at the moment I
cannot find a solution.

Does anybody have any idea on how to solve this???!

Patricia.

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Dr. Patricia Soto
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara CA 93106 - 9510 
United States

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