[gmx-users] problem with -multi

[Nguyen Hoang Phuong]

Thanks alot Anton,

> On some systems (with some mpi versions), for some reason, mpirun
> will run your process in the directory where your *binary* (in this
> case mdrun_d) is. That would explain your problems.
>
> A solution is to make a soft link for mdrun to your working directory,
> like
> # ln -s /usr/local/gmx3.2.1/bin/mdrun_d .
> # mpirun -np 2 ./mdrun_d -np 2 -multi -s x.tpr

I will try this.


>
> P.S., the -multi option is only useful on (large) supercomputing
> facilities where jobs *must* be multi-processor, but you want to run
> several separate runs on a single CPU each anyway. You should *NOT*
> use it if you want to run a normal run in parallel.
What is the reason why I should *NOT* use this option for several
normal runs ? Is it a technical problem?

Phuong

>
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> Groetjes,
>
> Anton
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