<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear QE users,<br></div>I am running phonon calculations on Intel Xeon W3520 processor<br></div>it has 8 cores @2.66GHz with 16gb ram<br><br></div>I am currently doing phonon runs for mgzn2 system<br>initially my command for running ph.x for 4 processors<br><br>mpirun -np 4 ph.x -ndiag 2 -in <a href="http://mgzn2.in">mgzn2.in</a> > mgzn2.out<br><br>which had following details in the out file<br> Parallel version (MPI), running on 4 processors<br> R & G space division: proc/nbgrp/npool/nimage = 4<br> ...<br> Alpha used in Ewald sum = 2.8000<br> PHONON : 9h12m CPU 9h18m WALL<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div>observing that band structure calculation it self has taken 9hr<br></div><div>the whole calculation would take much longer time.<br></div><div>so i decided to use all 8 cores<br><br>mpirun -np 8 ph.x -nk 2 -in <a href="http://mgzn2-ph.in">mgzn2-ph.in</a> > mgzn2-ph.out<br><br> Parallel version (MPI), running on 8 processors<br> R & G space division: proc/nbgrp/npool/nimage = 8<br> ...<br> Alpha used in Ewald sum = 2.8000<br> PHONON : 5h18m CPU 5h21m WALL<br><br></div><div>does any one have an idea as to what possible combination<br></div><div>would ensure a much faster calculation ?<br><br></div><div>I also have a question regarding k points calcuated in phonons.<br></div><div>while doing scf calculations for mgzn2 the number of k points<br></div><div>were 60, but for the same input to phonon calculations the<br></div><div>number of k points increased to 312 why is that the case?<br><br></div><div>lastly for the phonon calculation the number of symmetries found is 24<br></div><div>along with inversion but for q point calculation the symmetries reduce to 9?<br></div><div>Isnt the brillouin zone for hcp structure also an hcp?<br></div><div> 24 Sym. Ops., with inversion, found<br><br> Computing dynamical matrix for <br> q = ( 0.0000000 -0.5773503 0.0000000 )<br><br> 9 Sym.Ops. (with q -> -q+G )<br><br></div><div>Thanks & Regards,<br><br></div><div>Adwait Mevada,<br></div><div>Ph.D. Student,<br></div><div>Gujarat University,<br></div><div>India.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">-Adwait <br>'I Wonder!...The Empty Cup'</div>
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