Variation of GuC-Factor (situation at time t=0.5) 
The Grid-Unit-Coarsening-Factor defines the minimal size of a unit of the base grid that is used for partitioning. For instance, a GuC-Factor =4 means, that units of 4x4 base cells are used. Higher GuC-Factors simplify partitioning, but usually lead to load-imbalance. If a relatively fine base grid is used, larger GuC-Factors can speed up the partitioner drastically (see example 
Backward facing step). The default value is 2.
  Workload for different GuC-factors - Distribution with Hilbert space filling curve. 4 computing nodes are used. 
|  GuC-Factor  |  P1  |  P2  |  P3  |  P4  | 
|  2  |  0.932  |  1.062  |  1.044  |  0.962  | 
|  4  |  0.914  |  1.097  |  1.057  |  0.931  | 
|  8  |  0.778  |  1.433  |  0.843  |  0.946  | 
GuC-Factor=2 
    
GuC-Factor=4 
    
GuC-Factor=8 
    
  Benchmark 
|  Task  |  GuC-Factor=2  |  GuC-Factor=4  |  GuC-Factor=8  | 
|  s  |  %  |  s  |  %  |  s  |  %  | 
|  Integration  |  2246  |  67.2  |  2182  |  65.8  |  2163  |  60.2  | 
|  Flux correction  |  180  |  5.4  |  201  |  6.1  |  275  |  7.6  | 
|  Boundary setting  |  315  |  9.4  |  386  |  11.6  |  636  |  17.7  | 
|  Recomposition  |  496  |  14.9  |  453  |  13.7  |  426  |  11.8  | 
|  Clustering  |  37  |  1.1  |  34  |  1.0  |  32  |  0.9  | 
|  Misc.  |  56  |  2.0  |  52  |  1.9  |  52  |  1.7  | 
|  Total / Parallel Efficiency  |  3329  |  85.1  |  3307  |  85.7  |  3733  |  75.9  | 
P=4 
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RalfDeiterding - 04 Dec 2004