rtrace and parallel processes

Hi Cramer,

Can you tell us the command line you are using to run your rtrace job?

-Jack

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Cramer Silkworth wrote:

Hi All,

I've been testing the -n option of rtrace, but I'm not getting speed increases that make sense. My test job takes rtrace ~30 minutes on one core. With four cores I only get down to 24 minutes (and ~25 minutes for 2 and 3 cores). I can see in system monitor that it is using the right number of cores. I'm not expecting exactly 1/4th the run time, but only 20% faster doesn't sound quite right. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Cramer
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