[aspect-devel] Using MUMPS through Trillions instead of PETSc

[Max Rudolph]

I would be interested in seeing the specific error messages that you
encountered using MUMPS.

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:34 PM, John Naliboff <jbnaliboff at ucdavis.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently tried a few models (similar to continental extension cookbook)
> with PETSc instead of Trillions.
>
> In the first test case I used a direct solver (MUMPS) for the stokes
> system and this resulted in quite a few less non-linear iterations (8
> instead of ~ 50 on first time step) than with the iterative solver via
> Trillions.  Unfortunately, the model crashed on the second time step during
> the compositional field advection.
>
> In the second test case with PETSc I used an iterative solve for the
> stokes system and the model crashed during the first stokes solve.
>
> I can provide more detail on the exact errors if this is of interest, but
> my interest in using PETSc was in fact to try out MUMPS.  Based on the
> first test case, it seems like it might be worth testing MUMPS further but
> not through PETSc.
>
> I saw deal.II has the capability to use MUMPS through Trillions through
> the SolverDirect class:
> https://www.dealii.org/8.4.1/doxygen/deal.II/classTrilinosWrappers_1_
> 1SolverDirect.html
>
> However, the few discussions I’ve seen regarding using MUMPS through
> Trillions are not entirely encouraging :)
> https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues/409
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/dealii/inrgGe7tSFw
>
> So, my question is whether looking further into using MUMPS through
> Trillions is a rabbit hole I should be heading down.
>
> In reality, my interest is not explicitly with MUMPS but rather a parallel
> direct solver option (MUMPS, PARDISO, etc).
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
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> Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept., UC Davis
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