Bill:
Alas, no, there is no way to turn it off.  I will add a feature to have this 
turned off at will for nm74 alpha.

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ICON Early Phase
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Bill Gillespie
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 6:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NMusers] Humongous log file with parallel NONMEM

Hi all,

I'm running NONMEM (METHOD = BAYES) in parallel on 32 cores and it generates a 
humongous log file with repeated entries like the following:

 ITERATION         -577
 STARTING SUBJECTS          1 TO        4 ON MANAGER: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS          5 TO        8 ON WORKER1: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS          9 TO       11 ON WORKER2: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         12 TO       15 ON WORKER3: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         16 TO       18 ON WORKER4: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         19 TO       20 ON WORKER5: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         21 TO       24 ON WORKER6: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         25 TO       27 ON WORKER7: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         28 TO       29 ON WORKER8: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         30 TO       32 ON WORKER9: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         33 TO       35 ON WORKER10: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         36 TO       39 ON WORKER11: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         40 TO       42 ON WORKER12: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         43 TO       46 ON WORKER13: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         47 TO       50 ON WORKER14: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         51 TO       53 ON WORKER15: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         54 TO       58 ON WORKER16: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         59 TO       62 ON WORKER17: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         63 TO       66 ON WORKER18: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         67 TO       70 ON WORKER19: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         71 TO       71 ON WORKER20: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         72 TO       74 ON WORKER21: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         75 TO       77 ON WORKER22: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         78 TO       80 ON WORKER23: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         81 TO       84 ON WORKER24: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         85 TO       86 ON WORKER25: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         87 TO       88 ON WORKER26: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         89 TO       90 ON WORKER27: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         91 TO       93 ON WORKER28: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         94 TO       96 ON WORKER29: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS         97 TO       99 ON WORKER30: OK
 STARTING SUBJECTS        100 TO      103 ON WORKER31: OK
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS        1 TO        4 ON MANAGER
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS        5 TO        8 ON WORKER1
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS        9 TO       11 ON WORKER2
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       12 TO       15 ON WORKER3
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       16 TO       18 ON WORKER4
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       19 TO       20 ON WORKER5
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       21 TO       24 ON WORKER6
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       25 TO       27 ON WORKER7
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       28 TO       29 ON WORKER8
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       30 TO       32 ON WORKER9
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       33 TO       35 ON WORKER10
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       36 TO       39 ON WORKER11
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       40 TO       42 ON WORKER12
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       43 TO       46 ON WORKER13
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       47 TO       50 ON WORKER14
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       51 TO       53 ON WORKER15
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       54 TO       58 ON WORKER16
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       59 TO       62 ON WORKER17
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       63 TO       66 ON WORKER18
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       67 TO       70 ON WORKER19
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       71 TO       71 ON WORKER20
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       72 TO       74 ON WORKER21
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       75 TO       77 ON WORKER22
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       78 TO       80 ON WORKER23
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       81 TO       84 ON WORKER24
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       85 TO       86 ON WORKER25
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       87 TO       88 ON WORKER26
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       89 TO       90 ON WORKER27
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       91 TO       93 ON WORKER28
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       94 TO       96 ON WORKER29
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS       97 TO       99 ON WORKER30
 COLLECTING SUBJECTS      100 TO      103 ON WORKER31

The result is a lot of disk I/O and a file in the GB+ range. It dwarfs the file 
containing the MCMC samples. Is there some way to suppress that file or reduce 
what gets written to it?

Thanks,
Bill

William R Gillespie, VP Strategic Modeling & Simulation
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