Set up for High performance cluster

c0sk · November 5, 2013, 16:06

Hi! I have 2 question regarding the flow past a sphere I am simulating in 3D, the sphere Diameter is 0.1m, nu=1.5*10-3 and is in a free stream U (4.5 0.1 0.1). With this set up (Re=300) will I be able to see Karman vortices using icoFoam?

Furthermore, to run this case I have access to a a ~6000 core high bandwidth, low latency Linux cluster of 2.66 GHz Intel "Westmere" cores based on 2 sockets and 12 cores per node. I have now idea what the optimal decomposePardict would be, I went through dozen of posts and manuals but still cant figure it out. Assuming I would use 6 nodes for a total of 12 sockets and 72 cores, what would I specify in the dict, which is the important value? 12 or 72?
Thanks
Regards
Andrea

jherb · January 30, 2014, 17:09

You probably found this out yourself: If you want to use 72 core you have to split your fluid domain into 72 partitions (and run 72 mpi processes)

joshm · January 30, 2014, 23:33

In regards to the first part of the second question, I think it would be highly dependent on the specific hardware. Because your calculations are iterating thousands of times to get your solution, small differences in the hardware's ability to perform a small task are greatly amplified. If you are going to be using the hardware for a long time, it's best to perform a benchmark test of your own.

November 5, 2013, 16:06	Set up for High performance cluster	#1
c0sk New Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Italy/UK Posts: 24 Rep Power: 12	Hi! I have 2 question regarding the flow past a sphere I am simulating in 3D, the sphere Diameter is 0.1m, nu=1.5*10-3 and is in a free stream U (4.5 0.1 0.1). With this set up (Re=300) will I be able to see Karman vortices using icoFoam? Furthermore, to run this case I have access to a a ~6000 core high bandwidth, low latency Linux cluster of 2.66 GHz Intel "Westmere" cores based on 2 sockets and 12 cores per node. I have now idea what the optimal decomposePardict would be, I went through dozen of posts and manuals but still cant figure it out. Assuming I would use 6 nodes for a total of 12 sockets and 72 cores, what would I specify in the dict, which is the important value? 12 or 72? Thanks Regards Andrea

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January 30, 2014, 17:09		#2
jherb Senior Member Joachim Herb Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 650 Rep Power: 21	You probably found this out yourself: If you want to use 72 core you have to split your fluid domain into 72 partitions (and run 72 mpi processes)

January 30, 2014, 23:33		#3
joshm New Member Josh Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 12	In regards to the first part of the second question, I think it would be highly dependent on the specific hardware. Because your calculations are iterating thousands of times to get your solution, small differences in the hardware's ability to perform a small task are greatly amplified. If you are going to be using the hardware for a long time, it's best to perform a benchmark test of your own.