Berk Hess a écrit :
Hi,
Setting -npme 2 is ridicolous.
mdrun estimates the number of PME nodes by itself when you do not
specify -npme.
In most cases you need 1/3 or 1/4 of the nodes doing pme.
The default -npme guess of mdrun is usually not bad,
but might need to tuned a bit.
At the end of the md.log file you find the relative PP/PME load
so you can see in which direction you might need to change -npme,
if necessary.
Actually, I have tested npme ranging from 0 to 5, but 2 is well
representative of what happens. For example with 5 cores for the PME,
the perfs reach a plateau at 14-15 cores. So, setting npme to 0
systematically gives the best results. I have also tested -1. With, npme
set to -1, the performances are the same than for 0 until 8 cores. Above
that, the guess is not so efficient.
Nicolas
Berk
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:37:37 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Best performace with 0 core for PME calcuation
>
> Nicolas a écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to do a benchmark with Gromacs 4 on our cluster, but I
> > don't completely understand the results I obtain. The system I
used is
> > a 128 DOPC bilayer hydrated by ~18800 SPC for a total of ~70200
atoms.
> > The size of the system is 9.6x9.6x10.1 nm^3. I'm using the following
> > parameters:
> >
> > * nstlist = 10
> > * rlist = 1
> > * Coulombtype = PME
> > * rcoulomb = 1
> > * fourier spacing = 0.12
> > * vdwtype = Cutoff
> > * rvdw = 1
> >
> > The cluster itself has got 2 procs/node connected by Ethernet 100
> > MB/s. I'm using mpiexec to run Gromacs. When I use -npme 2 -ddorder
> > interleave, I get:
> Little mistake: I used the wrong cluster specifications. There is 4
> cores per nodes and they communicate with Infiniband.
> > ncore Perf (ns/day) PME (%)
> >
> > 1 0,00 0
> > 2 0,00 0
> > 3 0,00 0
> > 4 1,35 28
> > 5 1,84 31
> > 6 2,08 27
> > 8 2,09 21
> > 10 2,25 17
> > 12 2,02 15
> > 14 2,20 13
> > 16 2,04 11
> > 18 2,18 10
> > 20 2,29 9
> >
> > So, above 6-8 cores, the PP nodes are spending too much time waiting
> > for the PME nodes and the perf forms a plateau. When I use -npme 0, I
> > get:
> >
> > ncore Perf (ns/day) PME (%)
> > 1 0,43 33
> > 2 0,92 34
> > 3 1,34 35
> > 4 1,69 36
> > 5 2,17 33
> > 6 2,56 32
> > 8 3,24 33
> > 10 3,84 34
> > 12 4,34 35
> > 14 5,05 32
> > 16 5,47 34
> > 18 5,54 37
> > 20 6,13 36
> >
> > I obtain much better performances when there is no PME nodes, while I
> > was expecting the opposite. Does someone have an explanation for
that?
> > Does that means domain decomposition is useless below a certain real
> > space cutoff? I'm quite confused.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nicolas
> >
> >
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