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The license can be shared across other users\/computers that is connected to the same local network as the license server running the Ansys License Manager:&lt;br&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360026079294-How-to-obtain-a-floating-license\">How to obtain a floating license &ndash; Ansys Optics<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is just how FDTD behaves. It takes up alot of your CPU and bandwidth. And increasing the number of MPI processes\/cores to run the simulation is not linear. This will depend on the simulation itself and the machine as shown in our KB:&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/optics.ansys.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4403780894355\">FDTD Performance Benchmarks &ndash; Ansys Optics<\/a>&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to run small\/less complex concurrent simulation\/parameter sweeps but larger and more complex simulation jobs that requires more memory and resources should run by itself on one machine.&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-251076","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes you can certainly have 2 user run 2 simulations at the same time but just not recommended to run at the same machine. Each user should be running their simulation on their own local desktop. 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