[gmx-users] replica exchange

[Carsten Kutzner]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Mark Abraham wrote:

> Marc F. Lensink wrote:

> > 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!
>
> Of course!
>
> > i'm talking about 16-20 replica's ie cpu's (8-10 nodes).  using mpich,
> > not lam.
>
> MPICH is not supported/recommended. LAM is. Please read the
> documentation on the gromacs webpage.
>
> Mark


If you definitely need mpich, you might want to try mpich-2.
mpich-1.x Gromacs hangs when using more than 4 CPUs on Ethernet,
don't know why.

Schoene Gruesse,

   Carsten


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