Running COMSOL on Clusters

You can launch COMSOL cluster jobs from the COMSOL Desktop and the command line. To run COMSOL on a cluster, you need to make the cluster feature visible: in the Model Builder tree, click the Show button () and select Advanced Study Options. Then in the Model Builder, right-click a Study node and select Cluster Computing or Cluster Sweep to create cluster jobs. Cluster computing requires a Floating Network License.

COMSOL cannot be run on a cluster running OS X; however, you can use the Cluster Computing or Cluster Sweep feature to connect to a Windows or Linux cluster.

A tutorial model for cluster testing is included in the Application Libraries window under COMSOL Multiphysics>Tutorial models>micromixer_cluster.

For more information about how to run COMSOL in parallel on clusters, see the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual. For installation on Clusters, see Cluster Installation for Windows and Cluster Installation for Linux.