Intel Dual core machines

[Randall Mackie]

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.
> 

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