how many processes is better?

2006-10-26 Thread Yixun Liu
better. In my opinion 4(2processors * 2superthreads) is better based on my computer, but why 10 ran more quickly? Best, Yixun -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-users/attachments/20061026/83ed82ce/attachment.htm>

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2006-10-26 Thread Yixun Liu
Hi, I tried what you said and mpiexec - n 2 localonly is ok. Do I need to reinstall the MPICH2? Best, Yixun - Original Message - From: "Satish Balay" To: Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:21 PM Subject: Re: about MPI_Comm_size(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,&size) > > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Y

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2006-10-26 Thread Yixun Liu
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2006-10-26 Thread Yixun Liu
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how many processes is better?

2006-10-26 Thread Matthew Knepley
suggest the book "Parallel Computing" by Grama, et. al. Matt Best, > > Yixun > -- "Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn't need one" -- Sir Alec Guiness -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <htt

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2006-10-26 Thread Satish Balay
As long as you plan to run multiple MPI procs on the same machine, 'localonly' option is appropriate and should be fine. If you wish to avoid using this option - then you probably need to run the mpd configuration tool and set things up correctly [don't know exactly what that would be]. Its certai

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2006-10-26 Thread Satish Balay
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Yixun Liu wrote: > Hi, > Can I compiler and link it in VC enviroment and then copy the .exe to a > directory. you can just go to the dir which has the executable. [copy is not necessary] > Then, at command line run mpiexec -n 2 xxx.exe? yes > I try it, but the error i