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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We "borrow" part of a homogeneous
cluster. Only the master node can be accessed via w2web. We do not
want to run any calculations on the master. Also, we have to keep all data
on the scratch disks which are not shared between the master and nodes, or
between nodes. Is running a k-point parallel job on multiple nodes,
excluding the master, possible without having to manually copy the files
generated via w2web to the scratch directory on each node to be
used?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i.e., say I create a new job via w2web on
the master in
/scr/wien2k/case/</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but plan to run the job on node1 and node2 only
in
/scr/wien2k/case/</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and /scr/ on the master and respective nodes
are not shared.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently, I just manually copy my files on
the master /scr/ to the NFS shared /home/ directory, then on the node I
want to run the job on, copy the files from the shared /home/ directory to the
nodes /scr/ directory. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There must be better ideas.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kirk</FONT></DIV>
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Feindel<BR>E3-48 Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre<BR>University of
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