<div name='mp-default' style='font-family:돋움,Dotum;font-size:10pt;'><div name="mp-default" style="font-family:돋움,Dotum;font-size:10pt;"><p>Hello Neks,</p><p> </p><p>I want to know specific information about optimal usage of computing sources.</p><p> </p><p>I would like to show you my own environment for running a case.</p><p>CPU: 3.3 GHz, 4 cores, 8 processors (Intel i7-6700HQ)</p><p>RAM: 2133 MHz, 8 GB x 1 (DDR4-2133)</p><p>Case: 1500 elements, N = 6 </p><p> </p><p>1.</p><p>Based on Nek5000 document, total memory requirement is </p><p>1500 (points) X 6^3 X 400 (words/point) X 8 (bytes/word) X (1 GB/1024^3 bytes) = 0.97 GB</p><p>So, is this calculation correct? so is 8 GB of memory enough?</p><p> </p><p>2.</p><p>In the Nek5000 document, they also mention about "memory per core."</p><p>Could you tell me the meaning of memory per core?</p><p>I thought that, in my case, I assigned 2GB / core (If I use MPI with 4 cores. because I also have 8 GB of memory). </p><p>If there are manual way to assign, how can I assign memory to cores?</p><p> </p><p>3.</p><p>Actually, I also tried to use nekbmpi to use MPI process in my PC.</p><p>But when I type like below</p><p> </p><p>nekbmpi <case name> 8(or 4)</p><p> </p><p>my <b>CPU usage of 8 processors suddenly goes up but, there are no progress</b> in simulation.</p><p>(log file is remained as 0 bytes. when I check 'Task manager' of Windows 10, <br>Nek5000 processes appear but they take just few MB of memory, but usage of CPU peaked up to 100%) </p><p> </p><p>I also tried to use nek5000 directly as below</p><p> </p><p>./nek5000 -np 8(or 4) > case.out & </p><p> </p><p>But I think, after typing this syntax, PC shows<b> just moderate performance (same performance with ./nek5000 )</b>.<br>(log file also shows<i> Number of processors: 1</i>)</p><p> </p><p>I already installed MPI in my ubuntu environment in Windows 10.</p><p>Also I compiled make file with mpif77 and mpicc.</p><p>How can I use MPI in my PC?</p><p> </p><p>4.</p><p>Finally, </p><p>If you have idea to estimate time to run your case approximately(e.g. cycle per second), please give me.</p><p>And I will also appreciate if you show how to calculate the appropriate number of processors to run a case. <br>(no matter if it is based on your environment or my environment)</p><p> </p>
<p><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best Regards,</span></font></p><p><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></p><p><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hyunduk.</span></font></p>
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