Re: info on proof

Hi Fons

I were more or less aware of this, but my situation is this. I have a multicpu machine and I want to make use of proof to be able to run on all the cpus at the same time and save time. For example my .C file (TT_cout.C) loads (chain.Add) a .root file. What I pretend is to load 8 root files since the machine has 8 cpus and enough ram and disk speed to finish this 8 in the same time than a single file. What I do is

root [0] gROOT->Proof("thunderbird2.ifca.org.es") cano_at_thunderbird2.ifca.org.es password:
PROOF set to parallel mode (8 slaves)
(class TVirtualProof*)0x11a18790
root [1] gProof->Exec(".x TT_cout.C")

I already have the proof.conf file configured for this setup. I don't know if this is correct but I made some kind of comparison.

If I start on this machine 8 root sessions and I use the TT_cout.C file that only loads one root file on each of the sessions, the 8 jobs are finished in about 40 minutes, more or less the same that if I only run one root session. But if I try in only one root session to use proof with the TT_cout.C that loads 8 root files, I have to stop it after more than four hours of 100% CPU comsumption, when I expected lets say not more than an hour.
Well I don't know if I explained myself.

Thanks in advance

Dani

On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 21:40 +0200, Fons Rademakers wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> you can execute any .C script on PROOF using:
>
> gProof->Exec("script.C")
>
> note the script will be executed on all slaves or when in sequential mode
> (gProof->SetParallel(0)) on the master. You can use gProofServ->IsMaster()
> in the script to see if you run on a ROOT slave or on the master. In a
> local session gProofServ == 0.
>
> Cheers, Fons.
>
>
> Daniel Cano wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I suppose, that the .C scripts that run under ROOT, must be maked up, to
> > run under PROOF. Are there any standard steps or guidelines to do so?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > Dani
>
Received on Tue May 24 2005 - 10:38:23 MEST