[gmx-users] replica exchange

[Marc F. Lensink]

dear,

congratulations to the gmx developers for their implementation of the
replica exchange algorithm.

however, i noticed that the use of remd requires low-latency network
communication, because when using simple ethernet no communication can
be established.

i do not understand why this is.  replica's only need to talk to their
neighbours, and only then every so many simulation steps.  for that,
communication by phone should be enough!

i'm talking about 16-20 replica's ie cpu's (8-10 nodes).  using mpich,
not lam.

cheers,
marc


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