Thanks for the thorough answer, that covers all the issues I had with setup. I am sure others will find the details helpful as well.
Cheers, Christine On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <[email protected]>wrote: > It just occurred to me that this really should be documented on the > ParaView server set up Wiki page. I added a couple of sections on using > multiple GPUs per node and sharing GPUs on nodes. I added an mpirun command > based on our OpenMPI implementation, but I think other implementations use > different syntax. I would appreciate it if other users with experience in > using multiple GPUs per node (that includes you, JB) go to the page add > suggestions. (In particular, could someone describe how to do it with > MPICH?) > > > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server#Multiple_GPUs_Per_Node > > > -Ken > > > On 8/11/09 7:20 AM, "John Biddiscombe" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Christine > > As you will notice from the start of the thread you link to, we use > multiple GPUs on a single node (2 for us, but 4 for you). > > The secret is to ensure in your case that mpi jobs > 0,1 have Display:0 > 2,3 have Display:1 > 4,5 have Display:2 > 6,7 have Display:3 > > and then all will be well. you'll need a rather complicated mpirun -e blah > blah command line. > > JB > > > Hi, > > I currently have one linux node with four GPUs and a single 8 core CPU I'd > like to setup as a Paraview server. I am unsure how to go about setting > things up so that MPI assigns each pair of cores a different GPU, or if > problems would arise with the 2 core/1 GPU ratio. Could someone who has > experience with this issue give me some pointers regarding the setup? > > This thread, for example, seems to imply that I would run multiple > instances of pvserver, somehow pointing each to a different GPU? > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00501.html > > Thanks, > Christine > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com <http://www.kitware.com> > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > > > **** Kenneth Moreland > *** Sandia National Laboratories > *********** > *** *** *** email: [email protected] > ** *** ** phone: (505) 844-8919 > *** web: > http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kmorel<http://www.cs.unm.edu/%7Ekmorel> > >
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