add example for parallel event gen

run/SimExamples/Hybrid_parallel/README.md

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+<!-- doxy
+\page refrunSimExamplesHybrid Example Hybrid_parallel
+/doxy -->
+
+Demonstrating how the Hybrid generator can be setup with multiple clones of the same
+generator to speedup event generation (for a single timeframe).
+
+- **run_parallel.sh** main example shell script
+- **hybridconfig_parallel.json** &rarr; example JSON file for the hybrid generator configuration

run/SimExamples/Hybrid_parallel/hybridconfig_parallel.json

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+{
+  "mode" : "parallel",
+  "generators": [
+    {
+      "name": "pythia8",
+      "config": {
+        "config": "$O2_ROOT/share/Generators/egconfig/pythia8_inel.cfg",
+        "hooksFileName": "",
+        "hooksFuncName": "",
+        "includePartonEvent": false,
+        "particleFilter": "",
+        "verbose": 0
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "pythia8",
+      "config": {
+        "config": "$O2_ROOT/share/Generators/egconfig/pythia8_inel.cfg",
+        "hooksFileName": "",
+        "hooksFuncName": "",
+        "includePartonEvent": false,
+        "particleFilter": "",
+        "verbose": 0
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "pythia8",
+      "config": {
+        "config": "$O2_ROOT/share/Generators/egconfig/pythia8_inel.cfg",
+        "hooksFileName": "",
+        "hooksFuncName": "",
+        "includePartonEvent": false,
+        "particleFilter": "",
+        "verbose": 0
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "pythia8",
+      "config": {
+        "config": "$O2_ROOT/share/Generators/egconfig/pythia8_inel.cfg",
+        "hooksFileName": "",
+        "hooksFuncName": "",
+        "includePartonEvent": false,
+        "particleFilter": "",
+        "verbose": 0
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "fractions": [
+    1,
+    1
+  ]
+}

run/SimExamples/Hybrid_parallel/run_parallel.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Hybrid generator simulation example in which multiple clones of the same generator
+# are listed in a JSON file (hybridconfig_parallel.json in this folder). These multiple
+# clones are running in parallel to produce events faster.
+
+$NEV=100
+$WORKERS=8
+
+# Starting simulation with Hybrid generator in parallel mode
+${O2_ROOT}/bin/o2-sim --noGeant -j 1 --field ccdb --vertexMode kCCDB --run 300000 --configKeyValues "GeneratorHybrid.configFile=$PWD/hybridconfig_parallel.json;GeneratorHybrid.randomize=false;GeneratorHybrid.num_workers=${WORKERS}" -g hybrid -o genevents_parallel --timestamp 1546300800000 --seed 836302859 -n $NEV

run/SimExamples/README.md

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 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesHepMC_STARlight
 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesHepMC_EPOS4
 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesHybrid
+* \subpage refrunSimExamplesHybrid_parallel
 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesJet_Embedding_Pythia8
 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesMcTracksToAOD
 * \subpage refrunSimExamplesMcTracksToAOD