[gmx-users] Vacuum simulation in GMX 5 (Justin Lemkul)

Eudes Fileti fileti at gmail.com
Thu May 7 14:04:33 CEST 2015


Hi Justin, this is my mdp options.
thanks
eef

; Run control
define                   = -DPOSRES
integrator               = sd       ; Langevin dynamics
tinit                    = 0
dt                       = 0.002
nsteps                   = 5000000    ; 100 ps
nstcomm                  = 100
; Output control
nstxout                  = 0
nstvout                  = 0
nstfout                  = 0
nstlog                   = 100
nstenergy                = 100
nstxout-compressed       = 0
; Neighborsearching and short-range nonbonded interactions
cutoff-scheme            = verlet
nstlist                  = 20
ns_type                  = grid
pbc                      = xyz
rlist                    = 1.2
; Electrostatics
coulombtype              = cut-off
rcoulomb                 = 1.2
; van der Waals
vdwtype                  = cutoff
vdw-modifier             = force-switch
rvdw-switch              = 1.0
rvdw                     = 1.2
; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure
DispCorr                  = no
; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid
fourierspacing           = 0.12
; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters
pme_order                = 6
ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
epsilon_surface          = 0

; OPTIONS FOR WEAK COUPLING ALGORITHMS
; Temperature coupling
tcoupl                   = v-rescale
nsttcouple               = -1
nh-chain-length          = 10
print-nose-hoover-chain-variables = no
; Groups to couple separately
tc-grps                  = system
; Time constant (ps) and reference temperature (K)
tau-t                    = 0.1
ref-t                    = 323
; pressure coupling
Pcoupl                   = no
Pcoupltype               = isotropic
nstpcouple               = -1
; Time constant (ps), compressibility (1/bar) and reference P (bar)
tau-p                    = 2.0
compressibility          = 4.5e-5
ref-p                    = 1.0
; Scaling of reference coordinates, No, All or COM
refcoord-scaling         = com

; Free energy control stuff
free_energy              = yes
init_lambda_state        = 0
delta_lambda             = 0
calc_lambda_neighbors    = 1        ; only immediate neighboring windows
vdw_lambdas             = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0....... .70 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90
0.95 1.00
coul_lambdas              = 0.00 0.05 0.10 0........1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
; Options for the decoupling
sc-alpha                 = 0.5
sc-coul                  = no       ; linear interpolation of Coulomb (none
in this case)
sc-power                 = 1.0
sc-sigma                 = 0.3
couple-moltype           = Pept      ; name of moleculet ype to decouple
couple-lambda0           = vdw-q      ; only van der Waals interactions
couple-lambda1           = none     ; turn off everything, in this case
only vdW
couple-intramol          = yes
nstdhdl                  = 10
; Generate velocities to start
gen_vel                  = yes
gen_temp                 = 300
gen_seed                 = -1
; options for bonds
constraints              = h-bonds  ; we only have C-H bonds here
; Type of constraint algorithm
constraint-algorithm     = lincs
; Do not constrain the starting configuration
continuation             = no
; Highest order in the expansion of the constraint coupling matrix
lincs-order              = 12

_______________________________________
Eudes Eterno Fileti
Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia da UNIFESP
Rua Talim, 330, São José dos Campos - SP
Página: sites.google.com/site/fileti/

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> Hello,
> in the previous gmx versions I could accelerate simulations in vacuum
> making the cutting cut-offs zero and pbc = no.
>
> However, now it is no longer current possible with GMX 5 (since pbc = no is
> not supported with dd, and the particle decomposition mode is not suported
> in GMX 5).
>
> Does anyone have any tips to speed up a calculation in vacuum?
> I'm decoupling a small molecule in vacuum (for an free energy calculation)
> at a rate of 1ns/h, which seems very slow.
>
> eef
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 13:03:47 -0400
> From: Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Vacuum simulation in GMX 5
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> On 5/6/15 12:54 PM, Eudes Fileti wrote:
> > Hello,
> > in the previous gmx versions I could accelerate simulations in vacuum
> > making the cutting cut-offs zero and pbc = no.
> >
> > However, now it is no longer current possible with GMX 5 (since pbc = no
> is
> > not supported with dd, and the particle decomposition mode is not
> suported
> > in GMX 5).
> >
> > Does anyone have any tips to speed up a calculation in vacuum?
> > I'm decoupling a small molecule in vacuum (for an free energy
> calculation)
> > at a rate of 1ns/h, which seems very slow.
> >
>
> That is really slow.  We have been doing some of this lately, and for a
> 50-atom
> molecule I get 130 ns/day on one core.  Can you post a full .mdp file?
>
> -Justin
>
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