On 11/03/11, Anna Marabotti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear > all, > > a very quick > question: I > would like to know if a checkpoint file produced with a simulation with > Gromacs > contains really ALL information needed to restart a simulation; or better, if > I > keep only the .cpt file and the .xtc file of a simulation, which > information I lost (apart from the precision of the result)? At present I'm > keeping he .trr files (which contains all information) only to be sure I can > restart a simulation, but I need DESPERATELY free disk > space... > > > >
There is no longer any need to keep a .trr unless you can identify a reason (e.g. keeping velocities, or you need full precision for some analytical purpose). The .cpt has a full-precision trajectory frame + state variables in it. You should be able to see that the .cpt file size is around 2/N of the size of a positions-only N-frame .trr file, because it has full-precision arrays of positions and velocities, plus a little bit more. You can easily satisfy yourself that the .cpt restarts are exact - get a small water box and do both a split run and two part runs from the same initial conditions on a single processor using mdrun -reprod. Mark
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