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Post by A friend of mine on Oct 29, 2012 15:01:13 GMT 9
Hi, I have to use FEKO for my research: FEKO is a comprehensive electromagnetic simulation software tool, based on state of the art computational electromagnetics (CEM) techniques. It enables users to solve a wide range of electromagnetic problems. See also: www.feko.info/Thanks F. |
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lahaye
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Post by lahaye on Oct 29, 2012 15:28:07 GMT 9
Hi, The answer to your question depends on various factors. Let me first assume that you have an official, legal version of FEKO. Correct? You need to have a FEKO executable for the MS-WIndows platform, because at present the Condor pool has only Windows PCs. Does the software licence allow you to run it on any PC you like? This is necessary for running the software on arbitrary library PCs. How long would a typical job take on a library PC? (See condor.skku.edu/Introduction/introduction.html#Condor_Pool for info on the library PCs.) If the runtime is more than a day, the job may never get done on the Condor network because the library shuts down all PCs for the night. However, you could break you job into smaller parts with each part having a runtime of say 1 hour to 30 minutes; and later merge the results together..... DAGMan (Directed Acyclic Graph Manager) can also be helpful here. DAGMan allows you to connect different jobs together. For example: start job A first, when it's finished start jobs B and C; when B and C are finished start job D, etc. The output of one job can be the input of the next one. Can FEKO write intermediate results during a run, which can be used to restart a job from those intermediate results when the job is abruptly terminated? With answers to the questions above it is possible to find a way how Condor can help you with doing calculation with the FEKO software. Regards, Rob. |
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