[gmx-users] Best step to run simulation over GPU?

[Kutzner, Carsten]

> On 27 Jul 2015, at 04:53, 라지브간디 <rajiv at kaist.ac.kr> wrote:
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> Thanks for the info.
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> Can i put the command as below if i wanna run 3 simulation which has 24 processor with 1 GPU
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> mdrun -deffnm first -multi 1
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> mdrun -deffnm second -multi 2
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> mdrun -deffnm third -multi 3
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> or i have to specify -multi 3 to all cases ? I am bit confused with this. thanks.
There is an example command line in the PDF file I pointed to.
The idea is to start all three simulations with one command line,
either using -multi 3 or -multidir dir1 dir2 dir3

Carsten

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>> On 24 Jul 2015, at 08:48, RJ <rajiv at kaist.ac.kr> wrote: 
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>> Dear gmx, 
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>> I have a single PC contains 24 threads with GTX 980Ti. 
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>> I would like to know how do i run the 3 or 2 simulation in same time with above mentioned PC would have similar speed. 
> Simply try it out :) 
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> It could be beneficial to use the -multi options of gmx mdrun 
> to start the multiple simulations. This way GROMACS would automatically 
> take care of proper process placement and pinning. 
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> You could make a quick check with, e.g., mdrun -nsteps 5000 -resethway -multi ? 
> to get a performance estimate for 2 and for 3 simulations. 
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> There is more information about this on page 7 of 
> http://arxiv.org/src/1507.00898v1/anc/supporting.pdf 
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> Carsten 
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