[gmx-users] Replica Exchange MD

Kalyanashis Jana kalyan.chem.in at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 10:30:45 CEST 2016


Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions. I am discussing with
system admin regarding this issue.

With Best Regards,
Kalyanashis Jana

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:17 PM Kalyanashis Jana <kalyan.chem.in at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> > The MD run stopped after 52.9 ps and the error is
> > "MPI: STDOUT or STDERR buffer exhausted.
> > MPI: Set MPI_UNBUFFERED_STDIO or output no more than about 8192
> characters
> > MPI: between newlines
>
>
> Your MPI library makes assumptions about the MPI application that are
> inappropriate. mdrun expects to be able to write to stdout and it works
> like stdout.
>
> Either set the MPI_UNBUFFERED_STDIO variable like it suggests (please talk
> to your sysadmins and/or documentation for how to do this, I have no idea,
> and little interest in SGI's MPI implementation that causes me as many
> problems as all the other implementations put together :-)), or use any
> other MPI library you have available.
>
> Mark
>
>
> > /opt/sgi/mpt/mpt-2.01/bin/mpiexec_mpt: line 52: 29708 Killed
> >    $mpicmdline_prefix -f $paramfile"
> >
> >
> > I have pasted the equil.mdp, more less similar to the REMD tutorial, for
> > your kind perusal.
> >
> >
> >  include                  =
> > define                   =
> > integrator               = md
> > tinit                    = 0
> > dt                       = 0.001
> > nsteps                   = 500000
> > init-step                = 0
> > simulation-part          = 1
> > comm-mode                = Linear
> > nstcomm                  = 100
> > comm-grps                =
> > bd-fric                  = 0
> > ld-seed                  = 1993
> > emtol                    = 10
> > emstep                   = 0.01
> > niter                    = 20
> > fcstep                   = 0
> > nstcgsteep               = 1000
> > nbfgscorr                = 10
> > rtpi                     = 0.05
> > nstxout                  = 250
> > nstvout                  = 1000
> > nstfout                  = 0
> > nstlog                   = 100
> > nstcalcenergy            = 100
> > nstenergy                = 1000
> > nstxtcout                = 0
> > xtc-precision            = 1000
> > xtc-grps                 =
> > energygrps               =
> > ;cutoff-scheme            = Verlet
> > nstlist                  = 10
> > ns-type                  = Grid
> > pbc                      = xyz
> > periodic-molecules       = no
> > ;verlet-buffer-drift      = 0.005
> > rlist                    = 1
> > rlistlong                = -1
> > ;nstcalclr                = -1
> > coulombtype              = PME
> > ;coulomb-modifier         = Potential-shift-Verlet
> > rcoulomb-switch          = 0
> > rcoulomb                 = 1
> > epsilon-r                = 1
> > epsilon-rf               = 0
> > vdw-type                 = Cut-off
> > ;vdw-modifier             = Potential-shift-Verlet
> > rvdw-switch              = 0
> > rvdw                     = 1
> > DispCorr                 = No
> > table-extension          = 1
> > energygrp-table          =
> > fourierspacing           = 0.12
> > fourier-nx               = 0
> > fourier-ny               = 0
> > fourier-nz               = 0
> > pme-order                = 6
> > ewald-rtol               = 1e-05
> > ewald-geometry           = 3d
> > epsilon-surface          = 0
> > optimize-fft             = yes
> > implicit-solvent         = No
> > gb-algorithm             = Still
> > nstgbradii               = 1
> > rgbradii                 = 1
> > gb-epsilon-solvent       = 80
> > gb-saltconc              = 0
> > gb-obc-alpha             = 1
> > gb-obc-beta              = 0.8
> > gb-obc-gamma             = 4.85
> > gb-dielectric-offset     = 0.009
> > sa-algorithm             = Ace-approximation
> > sa-surface-tension       = -1
> > tcoupl                   = v-rescale
> > nsttcouple               = -1
> > nh-chain-length          = 10
> > ;print-nose-hoover-chain-variables = no
> > tc-grps                  = system
> > tau-t                    = 0.1
> > ref-t                    = 280.00
> > pcoupl                   = No
> > pcoupltype               = Isotropic
> > nstpcouple               = -1
> > tau-p                    = 1
> > compressibility          =
> > ref-p                    =
> > refcoord-scaling         = No
> >
> > QMMM                     = no
> > QMMM-grps                =
> > QMmethod                 =
> > QMMMscheme               = normal
> > QMbasis                  =
> > QMcharge                 =
> > QMmult                   =
> > SH                       =
> > CASorbitals              =
> > CASelectrons             =
> > SAon                     =
> > SAoff                    =
> > SAsteps                  =
> > MMChargeScaleFactor      = 1
> > bOPT                     =
> > bTS                      =
> > annealing                =
> > annealing-npoints        =
> > annealing-time           =
> > annealing-temp           =
> > gen-vel                  = yes
> > gen-temp                 = 280.00
> > gen-seed                 = 173529
> > constraints              = all-bonds
> > constraint-algorithm     = Lincs
> > continuation             = no
> > Shake-SOR                = no
> > shake-tol                = 0.0001
> > lincs-order              = 4
> > lincs-iter               = 1
> > lincs-warnangle          = 30
> > morse                    = no
> > energygrp-excl           =
> > nwall                    = 0
> > wall-type                = 9-3
> > wall-r-linpot            = -1
> > wall-atomtype            =
> > wall-density             =
> > wall-ewald-zfac          = 3
> > pull                     = no
> > ;rotation                 = no
> > disre                    = No
> > disre-weighting          = Conservative
> > disre-mixed              = no
> > disre-fc                 = 1000
> > disre-tau                = 0
> > nstdisreout              = 100
> > orire                    = no
> > orire-fc                 = 0
> > orire-tau                = 0
> > orire-fitgrp             =
> > nstorireout              = 100
> > free-energy              = no
> > couple-moltype           =
> > couple-lambda0           = vdw-q
> > couple-lambda1           = vdw-q
> > couple-intramol          = no
> > init-lambda              = -1
> > ;init-lambda-state        = -1
> > delta-lambda             = 0
> > nstdhdl                  = 50
> > fep-lambdas              =
> > mass-lambdas             =
> > coul-lambdas             =
> > vdw-lambdas              =
> > bonded-lambdas           =
> > restraint-lambdas        =
> > temperature-lambdas      =
> > ;calc-lambda-neighbors    = 1
> > init-lambda-weights      =
> > ;dhdl-print-energy        = no
> > sc-alpha                 = 0
> > sc-power                 = 1
> > ;sc-r-power               = 6
> > sc-sigma                 = 0.3
> > ;sc-coul                  = no
> > separate-dhdl-file       = yes
> > dhdl-derivatives         = yes
> > dh_hist_size             = 0
> > dh_hist_spacing          = 0.1
> > acc-grps                 =
> > accelerate               =
> > freezegrps               =
> > freezedim                =
> > cos-acceleration         = 0
> > deform                   =
> > ;simulated-tempering      = no
> > ;simulated-tempering-scaling = geometric
> > ;sim-temp-low             = 300
> > ;sim-temp-high            = 300
> > E-x                      =
> > E-xt                     =
> > E-y                      =
> > E-yt                     =
> > E-z                      =
> > E-zt                     =
> > ;adress                   = no
> > user1-grps               =
> > user2-grps               =
> > userint1                 = 0
> > userint2                 = 0
> > userint3                 = 0
> > userint4                 = 0
> > userreal1                = 0
> > userreal2                = 0
> > userreal3                = 0
> > userreal4                = 0
> >
> > With Best Regards,
> > Kalyanashis Jana
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > "It has been abnormally terminated" is too vague to lead to effective
> > help.
> > > What did the terminal and log files say about what led to termination?
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:43 PM Kalyanashis Jana <
> > kalyan.chem.in at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Sotirios,
> > > > Thank you very much for your reply. I have used  ΔΤ=10 K, 5K and
> 3K...
> > > But
> > > > it has been abnormally terminated.
> > > > Is there any possible solution? Please help me...
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Kalyanashis
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Sotirios Dionysios I. Papadatos <
> > > > si.papadatos at edu.cut.ac.cy> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In this case maybe, just maybe there is a big gap between
> > temperatures.
> > > > > Hence the ΔΕ is to large and the exchange destabilizes your system.
> > > Try a
> > > > > dummy run with a small ΔΤ to see if this is the case
> > > > >
> > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > From: gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se <
> > > > > gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se> on behalf of
> > > > > Kalyanashis Jana <kalyan.chem.in at gmail.com>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:40:08 PM
> > > > > To: Discussion list for GROMACS users
> > > > > Subject: [gmx-users] Replica Exchange MD
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > I am trying to perform a REMD simulation for a protein drug
> complex.
> > I
> > > > have
> > > > > followed REMD tutorial (
> > > > > http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Tutorials/
> > > GROMACS_USA_Workshop_and_
> > > > > Conference_2013/An_introduction_to_replica_
> > > exchange_simulations%3A_Mark_
> > > > > Abraham,_Session_1B
> > > > > ).
> > > > > I have prepared 10 set for the REMD simulation and generated the
> tpr
> > > file
> > > > > for MD run. I have used "mpirun -np 10 mdrun_mpi -v -multidir
> > > > > equil[0123456789 <0123-45%2067%2089> <0123-45%2067%2089>]" for MD
> > run. It has been
> > > > abnormally terminated  at the
> > > > > middle of the MD run. However, the same topol.tpr files  have
> > produced
> > > > > normally terminated MD run when the simulations have been run
> > > > > individually using
> > > > > "mpirun -np 10 mdrun_mpi -v -s topol.tpr ........"
> > > > > Please suggest me, how can I overcome this problem.
> > > > > Looking forward to hear from you.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > Kalyanashis Jana
> > > > >
> > > > >
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