How does the processor distrib react to a change in change_box

Submitted by vkoppejan on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 22:06

Hi Everyone,

For my simulations I'm slowly growing the simulation domain using a change_box command with scaling in the z direction.

The docs tell me that "the mapping of processors to the simulation box is not changed from its initial 3d configuration".

Does this mean that the processors on the z boundaries of the domain get the extra simulation domain? If so, is there a clever way to perform a "fools" load balancing step?

Thanks in advance,

Victor

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ckloss | Tue, 06/28/2016 - 18:49

Hi Victor,

the simulation domain will be evenly distributed among the processors in each direction when you grow the domain by change_box

Best wishes
Christoph