Introduction

If one has multiple EnSight gold casefiles (each of which contain a spatially decomposed portion of the same model), they can be read using one or more servers (as long as the number of servers is less than or equal to the number of casefiles). In other words, when it is desired to read N casefiles with M servers (M<=N), an additional section can be added to the SOS casefile to accomplish this.

Note:  The following important restrictions/limitations will apply:

  1. M (number of servers) must be less than or equal to N (number of casefiles).

  2. Unstructured data only. (A similar capability exists for structured data. See Block Continuation)

  3. Auto distribute may not be specified in the SOS casefile.

  4. None of the following can be specified in the partition casefiles:

    • GEOMETRY

      measured:

      match:

      boundary:

      rigid_body:

      Vector_glyphs:

    • BLOCK_CONTINUATION

      <any of the options>

    • MATERIAL

      <any of the options>

    Note:  Some of the restrictions (such as measured) may eventually be lifted. But currently all of the above are in effect.

  5. All of the normal SOS requirements still apply.

    • All parts must be present in all cases. (Empty parts are allowed)

    • The same variables must exist in all cases.

    • The same timesets must be used in all cases.

If the desired number of servers is equal to the number of casefiles, one can either use the procedure described in this How To, or could use the normal SOS procedures (see Use Server of Servers).