Hello Hector,
since it does not take long to install lam and mpich, I would install
both MPI implementations and then benchmark with a typical MD system
which one performs better.
I would suggest LAM 7.1.2 which is the newest version, and MPICH-2
1.0.3, which works well, at least on our cluster. Many users (including
myself) found that GROMACS on top of MPICH-1.2.x hangs when executed on
more than 4 CPUs.
My guess is that LAM-GROMACS outperforms MPICH-GROMACS on a smaller
number of CPUs, but on 6 or more CPUs MPICH-GROMACS might be faster,
since it provides optimized collective communication routines.
If you only want to install a single MPI implementation, I would choose
LAM for a start.
Hope that helps,
Carsten
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Dear Gmx-Users,
I'm configuring a small cluster of 5 Dell Power Edge 1800 with dual xeon
conected by a gigabit dell switch. I was wondering which MPI
distribution, LAM/MPI or MPICH(which version), on this platform has
better performance for gromacs 3.3.1 on a fedora 5 linux distribution.
I will try to combine that with SGEgrid as a queue manager. Also I will
like to know if I can expect for big systems, 200.000 atoms, good
parallelitzarion in the 5 nodes ( 10 processors).
Thank you
Hector MartÃnez-Seara Monné
University of Barcelona
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