Parallel COMSOL

COMSOL Multiphysics supports two mutual modes of parallel operation: shared-memory parallel operations and distributed-memory parallel operations, including cluster support.

Shared-Memory Parallel Mode

The shared-memory parallel mode is suitable for running COMSOL Multiphysics on modern multicore or multiprocessor computers. This parallel mode of operation is available for all platforms and all license types. By default, COMSOL Multiphysics uses the shared memory parallel mode and allocates all cores on the computer.

For options for controlling the number of cores used and other options, see the section The COMSOL Commands for your platform. Also see the section Shared-Memory Parallel Mode for detailed general information.

Distributed-Memory Parallel Mode

The distributed-memory parallel mode lets you run COMSOL Multiphysics on a Windows HPC cluster or a Linux cluster.

See Distributed-Memory Parallel Mode for details about running the COMSOL software in parallel architectures, including Windows and Linux clusters. For more options on how to run COMSOL Multiphysics on a cluster from the command line, see the section The COMSOL Commands for your platform.