[Pw_forum] write on local disk

[vtmtrinh at caltech.edu]

Dear Lorenzo,

Thank you.  I'll try it and see how it goes.

Best,

MyTrinh

>
> On Tue, October 6, 2009 23:00, vtmtrinh at caltech.edu wrote:
>>  If I would like to write wavefunction files on local disk (to avoid
>>  network file system daemon), besides creating scratch directory in each
>>  node, do I need to do additional configuration.
>
> Dear MyTrinh,
> the outdir variable, or at least the wfcdir variable, must point to the
> local scratch directory: their default value is $HOME/tmp.
>
> You can also use disk_io='none' to completely prevent the output of
> wavefunctions to disk. It may see a drastic solution, but if you don't
> have the possibility to restart an interrupted job on the same nodes it
> does not really make much difference.
>
> best regards
>
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