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Re: [Question #698672]: running on a server is slower than on a PC

 

Question #698672 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/698672

    Status: Answered => Open

Mahdeyeh is still having a problem:
Thanks Jan for your reply
> what is "the server"? How much you can influence it (running other jobs, setting, ...)?
I dont understand what you mean, anyway I can install every thing on this system and see system monitoring.

> please provide the code, as the parallelization performance is strongly influenced by the code used.
my script has 2 files as input data .The below link shows my scrip and clump data files:
https://www.filemail.com/d/fleqwfgjmnduyzq


> provide the results of yade.timing [1] (for different -j options)
for yade test.py   (without -j)

Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                       136             359251us                3.05%      
InsertionSortCollider                                 8             447212us                3.80%      
InteractionLoop                                     136            8149884us               69.23%      
NewtonIntegrator                                    136            2815098us               23.91%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                             11771446us              100.00%      


for    -j1  :


Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                       196             468248us                3.36%      
InsertionSortCollider                                18             740741us                5.31%      
InteractionLoop                                     195            8981191us               64.41%      
NewtonIntegrator                                    195            3753575us               26.92%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                             13943757us              100.00%      


for -j2 :

Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                       273            1004309us                6.68%      
InsertionSortCollider                                39            1035313us                6.89%      
InteractionLoop                                     272            9090613us               60.49%      
NewtonIntegrator                                    272            3898363us               25.94%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                             15028600us              100.00%      



for -j4  :

Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                      2079           12158256us               14.30%      
InsertionSortCollider                               187            2659616us                3.13%      
InteractionLoop                                    2078           48921982us               57.52%      
NewtonIntegrator                                   2078           21306539us               25.05%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                             85046394us              100.00%      



for -j8  :

Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                       144            1685401us               26.70%      
InsertionSortCollider                                24             235964us                3.74%      
InteractionLoop                                     143            2436675us               38.60%      
NewtonIntegrator                                    143            1955223us               30.97%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                              6313265us              100.00%   



for -j12  :


Name                                                    Count                 Time            Rel. time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ForceResetter                                        60            1084666us               29.52%      
InsertionSortCollider                                10             202631us                5.51%      
InteractionLoop                                      60            1086101us               29.56%      
NewtonIntegrator                                     59            1300806us               35.40%      
"ZSpeed"                                              0                  0us                0.00%      
"VTKview"                                             0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk1"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk2"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk3"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk4"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk5"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk6"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk7"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk8"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk9"                                            0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk10"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk11"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk12"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk13"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk14"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk15"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk16"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk17"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk18"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk19"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk20"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
"PosnTrk21"                                           0                  0us                0.00%      
TOTAL                                                              3674207us              100.00%      



> What about -j1 (or just not specifying -j at all)?        > do you get 100% of CPU?
not specifying -j at all:  speed is very low: 12/s   and just 15.7% of CPU
-j1: speed is very low: 14/s   and about 15- 16% of CPU
-j2 : speed is very low: about 15/s   and about 24- 26% of CPU
-j4 : speed is very low: about 22/s   and about 38- 42% of CPU
-j8 : speed is very low: about 23/s   and about 55- 60% of CPU
-j12 : speed is very low: about 16/s   and about 58- 63% of CPU


Again thank you for help

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