[Pw_forum] I/O problem with qe 4.0.4

[merlin meheut]

Quoting Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey at cmm.chem.upenn.edu>:

> On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 03:19 +0100, merlin meheut wrote:
>> Dear PWSCF users,
>>
>> I am trying calculating a big structure (72 atoms) with quantum
>> espresso 4.0.4. With qe 3.0, I had no particular problem, but with qe
>> 4.0.4 I have this error message:
>>
>>
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>       from davcio : error #        99
>>       error while writing to file
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>
>>       stopping ...
>
>> This is strange because it happened twice at the same point,
>> approximately half-way to the end of the calculation.
>>
>> It may be related to different problems, such as hardware, but I will
>> be happy if you have any hints to make myself a more precise idea of
>> the problem.
>
>
> i'd first check if you have enough free disk space on the
> device that you are writing to and sufficient quota, in case
> your installation uses quotas.
>
> axel.
>

Hi,

sorry for this late reply,

it was a problem of space on the nodes memory. I solved the problem by  
writing the big output files (wavefunctions etc..) directly on the  
main folder. So this was exactly the correct answer. Thank you axel!

Merlin Meheut

ESS department at UCLA



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