[Pw_forum] Memory shortage

Nicola Marzari nicola.marzari at epfl.ch
Mon Jul 24 15:24:22 CEST 2017




Most likely more k-points due to lower symmetries?

Of course, before asking you could do a diff of the output files
and figure it out?

			nicola


On 24/07/2017 14:56, Masoud Rahbar wrote:
> Dear QE users
> I am calculating the elastic constants of a binary alloy. when the cell 
> parameter is
> 
> 6.78 0 0
> 0 6.78 0
> 0 0 6.89
> there is no problem, but when I change the cell parameter as the 
> following I run out of memory.
> 
> 6.85 0 -.03
> 0 6.85 -.03
> -.03 -.03 6.76
> 
> Except the mentioned cell parameters everything else is the same in both 
> inputs. Why is this happening?
> 
> Bests
> Masoud Rahbar Niazi
> Tarbiat Modares University
> 
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