Intel Dual core machines

[Julian]

Thanks for the reply.

Do I really need to use ROCKS if I'm just gonna use a single dual core
machine ? Is that considered a cluster ?
Also, what MPI software does ROCKS install ? I saw some mention of openMPI
1.1 

Julian.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:owner-petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Randall Mackie
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:42 AM
> To: petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: Intel Dual core machines
> 
> 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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