Which data file format? Not all readers are able to break up the data well, in which case paraview handles it in one of several ways, none of which is ideal.
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-371-3971 x109 On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Salman SHAHIDI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have 8 debian workstation (WS) A,B,C,D,E,F,G, and H with paraview 3.6.1. I > have configured all them by ssh without need to passeword. Each WS has 2 > cores, thus 16 processors are accessible. In WS A i have a machine file > consisting of all the machine names. I have copied the same dataset in all > the machines too (I am not sure if this is correct or not). The problem is > the memory consumption of ParaView. By 8 WS there is not 8 times memory > disponibility. I hoped, when I run on 8 machines, that the memory > consumption is 1/8 of the size on each machine, than when I use only one > machine. So what is the reason for this? Do I need special configuration to > minimize memory consumption? > > Thank you all, > > Salman > > ---------------------------------------- > > Note: > > Command line in the first workstation A: > > mpirun --mca btl_tcp_if_include eth0 -machinefile mymachinefile.txt -np 16 > /usr/local/bin/pvserver --use-offscreen-rendering > Listen on port: 11111 > Waiting for client... > Client connected. > > Then in paraview executed also in WS A i add a localhost that refers to all > the 8 servers. > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by 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 > > _______________________________________________ Powered by 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
