# of mdrun threads -nt N is used to basically tell mdrun how many threads to spawn on the local host. We refer to threads since on some architectures, a single core can handle multiple threads. (like 2 threads per core with hyperthreading).
On 2012-09-24 04:33:19PM +0100, Lara Bunte wrote: > Hi > > In the man page of mdrun is written for the option -nt int: "Number of > threads to start (0 is guess)" > > What do this mean? What is a thread in this context? > > Thanks > Greetings > Lara > > -- > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > * Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists -- ================================================================== Peter C. Lai | University of Alabama-Birmingham Programmer/Analyst | KAUL 752A Genetics, Div. of Research | 705 South 20th Street p...@uab.edu | Birmingham AL 35294-4461 (205) 690-0808 | ================================================================== -- gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists