Wei, The flag MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS= <http://xds.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/html_doc/xds_parameters.html#MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=> in XDS.INP should allow you to choose the number of processors you wish to use.
Cheers, Jim -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Fairman C: 1-240-479-6575 On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Wei Wang <ww2...@columbia.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to let xds_par use less than all processors/threads on the > machine? Sometimes I would like to process something else while XDS is > running. > > Another question is related to the scaling procedure. My understanding is > that the XDS already does the scaling during correction. So if I follow the > XDS-Aimless route, then probably I should let Aimless do "skip scaling and > only merge"? Please elucidate me on this issue. > > Regards, > > Wei >