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Mirko Vukovic
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Hi,
(This is a continuation of this thread on OF & vmware) I am a bewildered by the choices on the vmware site. I have an eight-core laptop running 64-bit windows 7. I would like to install an OF friendly linux -- Debian most likely. Can I run an OF simulation on multiple cores on vmWare player? If not, is my other choice VmWare workstation? Thank you, Mirko |
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Hi Mirko,
You could have still used the other thread ![]() OK, I use VMplayer 3.1.4 and it provides up to 8 cores (1,2,4 and 8), so at least in theory it should work! Now, whether it's worth it or not, that's a whole other aspect, even in real machines! I suggest that you do some tests running with 1, 2, 4 and 8 cores to solve one of your cases, so you can get a feel if using 8 cores will be worth it or not. You can see this blog post of mine: Notes about running OpenFOAM in parallel - and sort through the ideas there to figure out what you can do to improve parallelization. Usually I use 4 cores on the VM and it does seem to be worth it, at least when I have to do parallel builds of OpenFOAM source. As for running cases in parallel, I'm never able to get linear scale up, not even in a real machine ![]() Best regards and good luck! Bruno
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I have mixed feelings about that suggestion, even though I see it done quite often. If I had done so, the thread subject line would not reflect the new question (like right now...) But, that could be just me
![]() Going back to the original question (and returning to thread topic ![]() I will first do an experiment. Following OF's suggestion, I will try out OF on the VirtualBox. I will let you know how it goes. Mirko |
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I installed VirtualBox and OF on my laptop a few weeks ago using instructions on the openfoam website. The only problem I encountered is file sharing between Ubuntu and the underlying Windows 7. I will take that up on the VirtualBox forum. I have not yet tried running Ubuntu & OF on multiple cores. But, what joy having OF on the laptop, and showing it off. It was a big hit at a recent trip :-) |
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