[petsc-users] Software for load balancing to improve parallel performance to be used with PETSc

[Barry Smith]

On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Jed Brown wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 17:57, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> Huh? Since it is a structured cartesian mesh code you just want to split up the z direction so that each process has an equal number of grid points
> 
> I may have misunderstood this: "Uneven grids are used to reduce the number of grids and the main bulk of grids clusters around the center."

   I interpreted this to mean that it is using a graded mesh in certain (or all) coordinate directions. I could be wrong. 

   Barry

> 
> If the grid is structured, then I agree to just use a good structured decomposition.