Re: [AMBER] very slow work of ptraj on cluster

From: Andrew Voronkov <drugdesign.yandex.ru>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:33:06 +0400

This is Amber10 package. About compillers I am not sure, but this is single processor run, not parallel, mpirun I just use to submit it in the queue on cluster according to description on how single processor mode should be run there. System has about 250 amino acids, four trajectories, each 5 ns. Only rms Ca calculation for now. When I don't use mpirun - on central node it takes just few minutes to the task to be completed, but there is pretty much trajectories and running software on central node is not tolerated by administration and from other side I want to put all trajectories analysis in the shell script.
Here is calc_rms file:
trajin fzd5-7_w_prod1.mdcrd
trajin fzd5-7_w_prod2.mdcrd
trajin fzd5-7_w_prod3.mdcrd
trajin fzd5-7_w_prod4.mdcrd
rms first mass out /home/voronkov/RMS/fzd5-7_w_prod1.rms .CA time 10

Here is cluster lof file ptraj.out-114713:

  \-/
  -/- PTRAJ: a utility for processing trajectory files
  /-\
  \-/ Version: "AMBER 10.0 integrated" (2/15/2008)
  -/- Executable is: "ptraj"
  /-\
  \-/ Residue labels:

 ALA PRO VAL CYX GLN GLU ILE THR VAL PRO
 MET CYX ARG GLY ILE GLY TYR ASN LEU THR
 HIE MET PRO ASN GLN PHE ASN HIE ASP THR
 GLN ASP GLU ALA GLY LEU GLU VAL HIE GLN
 PHE TRP PRO LEU VAL GLU ILE GLN CYX SER
 PRO ASP LEU ARG PHE PHE LEU CYX SER MET
 TYR THR PRO ILE CYX LEU PRO ASP TYR HIE
 LYS PRO LEU PRO PRO CYX ARG SER VAL CYX
 GLU ARG ALA LYS ALA GLY CYX SER PRO LEU
 MET ARG GLN TYR GLY PHE ALA TRP PRO GLU
 ARG MET SER CYX ASP ARG LEU PRO VAL LEU
 GLY ARG ASP ALA GLU VAL LEU CYX MET ASP
 TYR ASN ARG ALA PRO VAL CYX GLN GLU ILE
 THR VAL PRO MET CYX ARG GLY ILE GLY TYR
 ASN LEU THR HIE MET PRO ASN GLN PHE ASN
 HIE ASP THR GLN ASP GLU ALA GLY LEU GLU
 VAL HIE GLN PHE TRP PRO LEU VAL GLU ILE
 GLN CYX SER PRO ASP LEU ARG PHE PHE LEU
 CYX SER MET TYR THR PRO ILE CYX LEU PRO
 ASP TYR HIE LYS PRO LEU PRO PRO CYX ARG
 SER VAL CYX GLU ARG ALA LYS ALA GLY CYX
 SER PRO LEU MET ARG GLN TYR GLY PHE ALA
 TRP PRO GLU ARG MET SER CYX ASP ARG LEU
 PRO VAL LEU GLY ARG ASP ALA GLU VAL LEU
 CYX MET ASP TYR ASN ARG Na+ Na+ Na+ Na+
 Na+ Na+ WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT
 WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT
 ...
 WAT

 Setting box to be an exact truncated octahedron, angle is 109.471221

PTRAJ: Processing input from "STDIN" ...
Connection to node-25-06 closed by remote host.
Connection to node-25-06 closed.


ptraj.rep-114713

Task : ptraj
Args : ptraj
Nproc : 1
Exit code: unknown
Note : Time limit exceeded
Output in: /home/voronkov/fzd5-ions-tip3p-1ijy/ptraj.out-114713
Work dir : /home/voronkov/fzd5-ions-tip3p-1ijy
Work time: 6 hours 0 minutes 6 seconds
Started : Fri Aug 27 19:55:33 2010
Nodes : node-25-06:1


  \-/
  -/- PTRAJ: a utility for processing trajectory files
  /-\
  \-/ Version: "AMBER 10.0 integrated" (2/15/2008)
  -/- Executable is: "ptraj"
  /-\
  \-/ Residue labels:

 ALA PRO VAL CYX GLN GLU ILE THR VAL PRO
 MET CYX ARG GLY ILE GLY TYR ASN LEU THR
 HIE MET PRO ASN GLN PHE ASN HIE ASP THR
 GLN ASP GLU ALA GLY LEU GLU VAL HIE GLN
 PHE TRP PRO LEU VAL GLU ILE GLN CYX SER
 PRO ASP LEU ARG PHE PHE LEU CYX SER MET
 TYR THR PRO ILE CYX LEU PRO ASP TYR HIE
 LYS PRO LEU PRO PRO CYX ARG SER VAL CYX
 GLU ARG ALA LYS ALA GLY CYX SER PRO LEU
 MET ARG GLN TYR GLY PHE ALA TRP PRO GLU
 ARG MET SER CYX ASP ARG LEU PRO VAL LEU
 GLY ARG ASP ALA GLU VAL LEU CYX MET ASP
 TYR ASN ARG ALA PRO VAL CYX GLN GLU ILE
 THR VAL PRO MET CYX ARG GLY ILE GLY TYR
 ASN LEU THR HIE MET PRO ASN GLN PHE ASN
 HIE ASP THR GLN ASP GLU ALA GLY LEU GLU
 VAL HIE GLN PHE TRP PRO LEU VAL GLU ILE
 GLN CYX SER PRO ASP LEU ARG PHE PHE LEU
 CYX SER MET TYR THR PRO ILE CYX LEU PRO
 ASP TYR HIE LYS PRO LEU PRO PRO CYX ARG
 SER VAL CYX GLU ARG ALA LYS ALA GLY CYX
 SER PRO LEU MET ARG GLN TYR GLY PHE ALA
 TRP PRO GLU ARG MET SER CYX ASP ARG LEU
 PRO VAL LEU GLY ARG ASP ALA GLU VAL LEU
 CYX MET ASP TYR ASN ARG Na+ Na+ Na+ Na+
 Na+ Na+ WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT
 WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT WAT
 ...
 WAT

 Setting box to be an exact truncated octahedron, angle is 109.471221

PTRAJ: Processing input from "STDIN" ...
Connection to node-12-10 closed by remote host.
Connection to node-12-10 closed.


28.08.10, 00:08, "Daniel Roe" <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>:

> It's difficult to comment in too much detail based on the information
> you have given. What version of ptraj are you running, and what
> compilers did you use to build it? How big is the system you are
> running ptraj on, and how long is the trajectory you are processing?
> What sort of actions are you performing (I assume at least an RMSD
> calculation from the name of your input file). What output does ptraj
> give, if any? Also, why are you using 'mpirun' for a single processor
> job? If you don't use 'mpirun' does it complete faster?
>
> -Dan
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Voronkov wrote:
> > It's a bit strange but while running on clusted in a single processor mode ptraj runs for hours:
> > mpirun -as single -np 1 -maxtime 360 ptraj fzd5-7_w.prmtop < fzd5_w_ca.calc_rms
> > while on central node just several minutes.
> > I am not sure if this is a question to Amber mailing list or cluster admins, but I don't understand what causes such a difference.
> >
> > Sincerely yours,
> > Andrew
> >
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