[gmx-users] parallel processing using LAN

Mark Abraham Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au
Tue Jun 23 17:43:25 CEST 2009


akalabya bissoyi wrote:
> For parallel processing is it possible to use the system connected to 
> the local area network something like clustering the system for simulation.
> plz suggest me so that i can use my resources for faster simulation.

Yes it's possible, but you will not scale to more than a handful of 
processors unless your network connections are very good. Gigabit 
ethernet is not very good.

Mark



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