VMD-L Mailing List

From: Robert Campbell (rlc1_at_post.queensu.ca)
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 11:37:37 CST

Fred,

* John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> [2003-10-28 08:57] wrote:
 
> 2) Run VMD locally on your workstation rather than remotely. Though
> the rendering calculations are done locally in both cases, there's
> still a lot of network overhead (mainly latency) in doing a remote
> OpenGL display with the type and amount of geometry that a program
> like VMD draws.

I would add that "run VMD locally" doesn't necessarily imply that you
have to install the VMD executable on the disk of the workstation. It
can remain on the server as long as you export that disk and mount it
via NFS on the workstation. It makes administration much easier in the
long run if you end up with multiple workstations -- all software can go
on the server but be accessible to the all the workstations.

Cheers,
Rob 

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