HFSS15: Example -Batchsolve with -Machinelist (Windows)

Suppose that we want to run a batch HFSS analysis of project file project1.hfss. Because all of our hosts have multiples of 2 cores, we specify that we will use two threads for multiprocessing for both the distributed (NumberOfProcessorsDistributed) and non-distributed (NumberOfProcessors) parts of the job. The analysis contains a sweep that will be distributed across three hosts, adam, bill, and charlie. The hosts adam and bill have four cores each, so we run two distributed COM engines on each of these hosts, each using two threads. Host charlie has only two cores, so we specify only one distributed COM engine on this host. This COM engine will also use two threads. We specify a desired RAM limit of 6 GB and a maximum RAM limit of 8 GB for this analysis. The RAM limits are specified in KB, so the desired RAM limit is 6291456 KB, and the maximum RAM limit is 8388608 KB.

Here is a sample command line for this analysis, where the project file \dennisprojectsproject1.hfss is located in a shared directory specified using a UNC path:

hfss -BatchSolve -Distributed
-Machinelist list=adam,adam,bill,bill,charlie
-batchoptions "Hfss/Preferences/MemLimitHard=8388608
Hfss/Preferences/MemLimitSoft=6291456
Hfss/Preferences/NumberOfProcessors=2
Hfss/Preferences/NumberOfProcessorsDistributed=2"
\dennisprojectsproject1.hfss