{"id":394288,"date":"2024-11-19T13:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/394288\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:37:27","slug":"394288","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/394288\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: DMP and SMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxxmsonormal&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source=&#8221;&rdquo;MessageBody&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;DMP calculation is generally faster for the numerical calculations and is the default recommendation.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;A drawback to DMP can be the amount of time it takes to merge result files. This result file &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source=&#8221;&rdquo;MessageBody&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;merge time is often small compated to calculation time of large modes that may take hours or days to solve.&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;This is why it is important to have fast disk systems, usually SSDs or HPC file systems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are two really good sections in the Ansys Help that I consider prerequisite reading when you get some time:&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxxxmsonormal&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxcontentpasted0&Prime;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxcontentpasted0&Prime;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp; Mechanical APDL &gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxmarkfoke9ak42&Prime;&#8221;&gt;Performance&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;x_x_xxxxxxcontentpasted0&Prime;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;markttrv6kie2&Prime;&#8221; 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