Hi,

You don't need a script to split the jobs on one machine. I used it on a two processor PIII Linux running Rad Hat and it was decided by the machine how to use the CPUs: load was always balanced depending on the total number/load of other jobs. Ursula Pieper probably knows much more about this.

Thanks, Bozidar

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Doug Kojetin wrote:

> Thanks for your reply- > > In using both processors for multiple jobs -- would executing the > "mod" command in two separate terminals efficiently use the > processors? Or do you have to use a fancy script/command to have one > job use processor one, and the other use processor two (or multiples > thereof)? > > Many thanks for your help, > Doug Kojetin > > > > > Hi > > > > > > modeller is not running parallel. The only way to take advantage of > > multiple processors is to run parallel modeller jobs. It is useful > if > > you need to calculate many models for a protein, let say, with > various > > alignments, or with various templates. Running multiple modeller > jobs is > > particularly useful if you do loop modeling, since you need to > generate > > numerous models before you select the one with the lowest energy. > > Pay attention that in this case you need to change the RAND_SEED, > which > > is responsible for random number generation, otherwise you get > identical > > models. > > > > best wishes, > > > > Andras > > > > > > > > > > ------ Forwarded Message > > From: Douglas Kojetin djkojeti@unity.ncsu.edu > > Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 23:13:47 -0400 > > To: modeller_usage@salilab.org > > Subject: using modeller w/ multiple CPUs > > > > Hi- > > > > Does anyone know if MODELLER can take advantage of a multiple CPU > > system? If so, how to set it up? > > > > Many thanks, > > Doug Kojetin > > > > > > -- > > , > > Andras Fiser, PhD # phone: (212) 327 7216 > > The Rockefeller University # fax: (212) 327 7540 > > Box 270, 1230 York Avenue # e-mail:fisera@rockefeller.edu > > New York, NY 10021-6399, USA # http://salilab.org/~andras > > >