[Pw_forum] How to realize the parallel calculation?

[xirainbow]

Dear Tao:

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:08 AM, 陶鹏 <ptao10b at imr.ac.cn> wrote:

> Dear all,
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> The mpi run is used in my calculation, but I hear of that the kpoints
> cannot be allocated to every cpu unless a parameter is specified in the
> input file.

I don't think so. In my experience(a personal computer, not cluster), I just
need type "mpirun -np 4 ". "4" is the number of cores.
In general, the number of kpoints should be divided by the number of cores.




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> So, dear professors, would you tell me what is the parameter?
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> Thanks a lot!
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> Plato Tao
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Hui Wang
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