[gmx-users] Low cpu utilization

[Parvez Mh]

Hi,

Where is -np option in mpirun ?

--Masrul

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> A PBS script for a gromacs job has been submitted with the following
> content:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #PBS -V
> #PBS -q default
> #PBS -j oe
> #PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=10
> #PBS -N LPN
> #PBS -o /home/dayer/LPN/mdout.out
> cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
> mpirun gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
>
>
> As I ssh'ed to the nodes and saw mdrun_mpi process, I noticed that the cpu
> utilization is not good enough!
>
>
> [root at compute-0-1 ~]# ps aux | grep mdrun_mpi
> dayer     7552 64.1  0.0 199224 21300 ?        RNl  Oct15 1213:39
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7553 56.8  0.0 201524 23044 ?        RNl  Oct15 1074:47
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7554 64.1  0.0 201112 22364 ?        RNl  Oct15 1213:25
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7555 56.5  0.0 198336 20408 ?        RNl  Oct15 1070:17
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7556 64.3  0.0 225796 48436 ?        RNl  Oct15 1217:35
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7557 56.1  0.0 198444 20404 ?        RNl  Oct15 1062:26
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7558 63.4  0.0 198996 20848 ?        RNl  Oct15 1199:05
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7562 56.2  0.0 197912 19736 ?        RNl  Oct15 1062:57
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7565 63.1  0.0 197008 19208 ?        RNl  Oct15 1194:51
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     7569 56.7  0.0 227904 50584 ?        RNl  Oct15 1072:33
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
>
>
>
> [root at compute-0-3 ~]# ps aux | grep mdrun_mpi
> dayer     1735  0.0  0.0 299192  4692 ?        Sl   Oct15   0:03 mpirun
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1740  9.5  0.0 209692 29224 ?        RNl  Oct15 180:09
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1741  9.6  0.0 200948 22784 ?        RNl  Oct15 183:21
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1742  9.3  0.0 200256 21980 ?        RNl  Oct15 177:28
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1743  9.5  0.0 197672 19100 ?        RNl  Oct15 180:01
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1744  9.6  0.0 228208 50920 ?        RNl  Oct15 183:07
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1746  9.3  0.0 199144 20588 ?        RNl  Oct15 176:24
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1749  9.5  0.0 201496 23156 ?        RNl  Oct15 180:25
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1751  9.1  0.0 200916 22884 ?        RNl  Oct15 173:13
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1755  9.3  0.0 198744 20616 ?        RNl  Oct15 176:49
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
> dayer     1758  9.2  0.0 226792 49460 ?        RNl  Oct15 174:12
> gromacs-5.1/bin/mdrun_mpi -v
>
>
>
> Please note that the third column is the cpu utilization.
> Gromacs is a compute intensive application, so there is little IO or
> something else for that.
>
>
> Please also note that in compute-0-3 the first process is "mpirun
> gromacs-5.1...." while the others are only "gromacs-5.1...."
>
>
> Any idea is welcomed.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmood
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