Hi Julian, No problem running on dual cpu machines. You just need to have MPI set up correctly.
On our cluster, we use ROCKS, which does everything more or less automagically. http://www.rocksclusters.org/wordpress/ Randy Julian wrote: > Hello, > > So far, I have been using PETSc on a single processor windows machine. Now, > I am planning on using it on a Intel Dual core machine. Before I start > running the installation scripts, I wanted to confirm if I can use both the > processors on this new machine just like how you would use multiple > processors on a supercomputer. > If yes, is there anything special that I need to do when installing PETSc? > I'm guessing I would have to install some MPI software... Which one do you > recommend for windows machines (I saw more than one windows MPI software on > the PETSc website) ? > > Thanks, > Julian. > -- Randall Mackie GSY-USA, Inc. PMB# 643 2261 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114-1600 Tel (415) 469-8649 Fax (415) 469-5044 California Registered Geophysicist License No. GP 1034
