[gmx-users] Parallel do_dssp analysis over mpi?

[Erik Marklund]

Justin A. Lemkul skrev 2010-11-08 21.05:
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>
> Erik Marklund wrote:
>> You can use the -b and -e flags to analyze parts of your trajectory 
>> and patch the results together afterwards.
>
> But does that really save time?  Patching .xpm files is not entirely 
> straightforward.  Might end up taking a lot more time :)
>
> -Justin
Well, that depends on who's doing the patching. I bet 10 euros that I 
can do it within 48 hours :-)

Erik

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>> Erik
>>
>> Justin A. Lemkul skrev 2010-11-08 20.51:
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>>>
>>> Ali Naqvi wrote:
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> I have a trajectory of 100ns and have been trying to analyze it 
>>>> using dssp program. I guess this question also goes for other 
>>>> analysis programs like g_rama, g_rdf and what not.
>>>>
>>>> Since the trajectory is big, it takes hours to analyze with 
>>>> do_dssp.. infact 48 hours. I have been able to analyse only one set 
>>>> of 100ns and have 7 more trajectories. Is it possible to get it 
>>>> running in parallel to expedite the analysis? If so, which flags 
>>>> need to be appended?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The only Gromacs program that is MPI-aware is mdrun.  Unless modify 
>>> the source code, then none of the other commands will run in parallel.
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>> Cordially,
>>>> Ali
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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