[QE-users] users Digest, Vol 153, Issue 2

Nawaf A iamnawafa at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 13:34:28 CEST 2020


Respected Sir,
How much computational power is sufficient? (for 47 atoms, HSE).
( The maximum I employed is  2.4 GHz 120 core. I tried in high memory node
with 1.5 TB RAM & 80 core  also )


Thank You

Nawaf A
MSc Energy Science student
IIT Bombay

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> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 14:24:12 +0200
> From: Paolo Giannozzi <p.giannozzi at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [QE-users] misbehaving pp.x for plot_num 3
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 8:27 AM <pdelugas at sissa.it> wrote:
>
> Maybe the manual is not very clear.
> >
>
> or maybe it is clear but wrong: for plot_num=3, it says
>
> emax               upper boundary of energy grid (in eV).
>                         If not specified, LDOS is computed just for energy
> emin
>
> Paolo
>
> The ldos is always computed from emin to emax. If you specify values for
> > emin or emax, the program will use them; otherwise it assumes  the lowest
> > and highest computed levels  as emin and emax.
> > Hope it helps
> > Pietro
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Il 1 apr 2020 6:17 AM, Christoph Wolf <wolf.christoph at qns.science> ha
> > scritto:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I think pp.x does not follow the rule printed in the manual in the latest
> > version 6.5. The manual says that if emax is not specified the LDOS will
> > only be integrated for emin, however in my test it still calculates it
> for
> > other energies as well:
> >
> > &inputpp
> >   prefix    = "agmgofe",
> >   outdir    = "./tmp",
> >  plot_num=3,
> >  filplot       = "wf.dat"
> > * emin    = -.8283*
> >  degauss_ldos = 0.1   ! in eV !
> > /
> >
> >
> > output:
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.82830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat001
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.72830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat002
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.62830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat003
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.52830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat004
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.42830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat005
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.32830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat006
> >
> >      Calling punch_plot, plot_num =   3
> >
> >      Energy =  -0.22830 eV, broadening =   0.10000eV
> >      Writing data to file  wf.dat007
> >
> > ...
> >
> > until it reaches Ef. Seems like emax also defaults to Ef
> >
> > to avoid this behavior emax has to be set to the same as emin.
> >
> > Best,
> > Chris
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> > Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science
> > Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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> Subject: [QE-users] Videos of the "Virtual Edition" Wannier90 School
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> Dear all,
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> We are glad to inform you that the video recordings of the first "Virtual
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> [1] http://www.wannier.org/events/school-2020-virtual-edition/
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> From: Nawaf A <iamnawafa at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [QE-users] Problem using hse calculation
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> Dear QE developers and users .
>
> while trying to do hse calculation ( 47 atoms ) the calculation is not
> terminating , it converges but ace calculation is not terminating.
> This is how the output file ends
>
>     the Fermi energy is     7.5626 ev
>
> !    total energy              =   -7271.48782233 Ry
>      Harris-Foulkes estimate   =   -7271.48803855 Ry
>      estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00023200 Ry
>
>      convergence has been achieved in  11 iterations
>
>      Using ACE for calculation of exact exchange
>
>      EXX grid:    48141 G-vectors     FFT dimensions: (  45,  45,  45)
> Application 969344 exit codes: 1, 139
> Application 969344 resources: utime ~410607s, stime ~626186s, Rss ~43360,
> inblocks ~1310, outblocks ~0
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  18) perftools-base/7.0.0
>  19) PrgEnv-intel/6.0.4
>  20) intel/18.0.1.163
>  21) craype-network-aries
>  22) craype/2.5.13
>  23) cray-mpich/7.7.0
>  24) craype-hugepages2M
>  25) pbs/default
> cray-mpich/7.7.0 requires craype/1.00 or later
> 16.0.4(103):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for
> 'craype-x86-skylake'
> 16.0.4(104):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for
> 'craype-hugepages2M'
> Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
>   1) modules/3.2.10.6
>   2) alps/6.5.30-6.0.5.1_5.1__g60cce32.ari
>   3) nodestat/2.3.78-6.0.5.0_8.13__gbe57af8.ari
>   4) sdb/3.3.751-6.0.5.0_20.25__gb936019.ari
>   5) udreg/2.3.2-6.0.5.0_13.12__ga14955a.ari
>   6) ugni/6.0.14-6.0.5.0_16.9__g19583bb.ari
>   7) gni-headers/5.0.12-6.0.5.0_2.15__g2ef1ebc.ari
>   8) dmapp/7.1.1-6.0.5.0_49.8__g1125556.ari
>   9) xpmem/2.2.4-6.0.5.1_8.6__g35d5e73.ari
>  10) llm/21.3.467-6.0.5.0_25.1__g4c6f300.ari
>  11) nodehealth/5.5.7-6.0.5.0_9.8__g7732908.ari
>  12) system-config/3.5.2545-6.0.5.0_5.1__g8a8b20f.ari
>  13) sysadm/2.4.125-6.0.5.0_16.13__g98e00a9.ari
>  14) Base-opts/2.4.123-6.0.5.0_11.2__g6460790.ari
>  15) rca/2.2.16-6.0.5.0_15.34__g5e09e6d.ari
>  16) craype-network-aries
>  17) craype-hugepages2M
>  18) pbs/default
>  19) PrgEnv-intel/6.0.4
>  20) cray-fftw/3.3.6.2
>  21) intel/16.0.4.258
>  22) /home/apps/qe/6.2.0/modulefiles/int/16.0.4
> =>> PBS: job killed: walltime 345616 exceeded limit 345600
> aprun: Apid 969344: Caught signal Terminated, sending to application
> forrtl: error (78): process killed (SIGTERM)
> Image              PC                Routine            Line        Source
>
> libintlc.so.5      00002AAAB1EA579D  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> libintlc.so.5      00002AAAB1EA3637  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> pw.x               0000000020C32DA4  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> pw.x               0000000020C32BB6  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> pw.x               0000000020B9F659  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> pw.x               0000000020BA677E  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> Unknown            00002AAAB7168B10  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> libpthread.so.0    00002AAAB7165785  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
> forrtl: error (78): process killed (SIGTERM)
>
> This is how the file listing modules terminates , the walltime is 96 hours.
> I have attatched my input file . I have tried smaller parameters and
> smearing instead of tetrahedron , still the same error.
>
> Thank You.
> Nawaf A
> MSc Energy Science student
> IIT Bombay
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> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 09:18:53 +0200
> From: Lorenzo Paulatto <paulatz at gmail.com>
> To: users at lists.quantum-espresso.org
> Subject: Re: [QE-users] Problem using hse calculation
> Message-ID: <366f1acf-188e-2029-5f58-85e1535ecd30 at gmail.com>
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> Hello Nawaf,
> the HSE calculation has to do a self-consistency on the wavefunctions
> that starts from a standard local-density PBE calculation. Note that the
> HSE calculation, even when using the ACE algorithm, is orders of
> magnitude longer than the PBE one.
>
> It is the PBe calculation that converges in your case, the HSE one is
> too heavy for your computer, it cannot even reach the first step when it
> is killed (after 4 days).
>
> regards
>
>
> >
> > while trying to do hse calculation ( 47 atoms ) the calculation is not
> > terminating , it converges but ace calculation is not terminating.
> > This is how the output file ends
> >
> >  ? ? the Fermi energy is ? ? 7.5626 ev
> >
> > ! ? ?total energy ? ? ? ? ? ? ?= ? -7271.48782233 Ry
> >  ? ? ?Harris-Foulkes estimate ? = ? -7271.48803855 Ry
> >  ? ? ?estimated scf accuracy ? ?< ? ? ? 0.00023200 Ry
> >
> >  ? ? ?convergence has been achieved in ?11 iterations
> >
> >  ? ? ?Using ACE for calculation of exact exchange
> >
> >  ? ? ?EXX grid: ? ?48141 G-vectors ? ? FFT dimensions: ( ?45, ?45, ?45)
> > Application 969344 exit codes: 1, 139
> > Application 969344 resources: utime ~410607s, stime ~626186s, Rss
> > ~43360, inblocks ~1310, outblocks ~0
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  ?18) perftools-base/7.0.0
> >  ?19) PrgEnv-intel/6.0.4
> >  ?20) intel/18.0.1.163 <http://18.0.1.163>
> >  ?21) craype-network-aries
> >  ?22) craype/2.5.13
> >  ?23) cray-mpich/7.7.0
> >  ?24) craype-hugepages2M
> >  ?25) pbs/default
> > cray-mpich/7.7.0 requires craype/1.00 or later
> > 16.0.4(103):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for
> > 'craype-x86-skylake'
> > 16.0.4(104):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for
> > 'craype-hugepages2M'
> > Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
> >  ? 1) modules/3.2.10.6 <http://3.2.10.6>
> >  ? 2) alps/6.5.30-6.0.5.1_5.1__g60cce32.ari
> >  ? 3) nodestat/2.3.78-6.0.5.0_8.13__gbe57af8.ari
> >  ? 4) sdb/3.3.751-6.0.5.0_20.25__gb936019.ari
> >  ? 5) udreg/2.3.2-6.0.5.0_13.12__ga14955a.ari
> >  ? 6) ugni/6.0.14-6.0.5.0_16.9__g19583bb.ari
> >  ? 7) gni-headers/5.0.12-6.0.5.0_2.15__g2ef1ebc.ari
> >  ? 8) dmapp/7.1.1-6.0.5.0_49.8__g1125556.ari
> >  ? 9) xpmem/2.2.4-6.0.5.1_8.6__g35d5e73.ari
> >  ?10) llm/21.3.467-6.0.5.0_25.1__g4c6f300.ari
> >  ?11) nodehealth/5.5.7-6.0.5.0_9.8__g7732908.ari
> >  ?12) system-config/3.5.2545-6.0.5.0_5.1__g8a8b20f.ari
> >  ?13) sysadm/2.4.125-6.0.5.0_16.13__g98e00a9.ari
> >  ?14) Base-opts/2.4.123-6.0.5.0_11.2__g6460790.ari
> >  ?15) rca/2.2.16-6.0.5.0_15.34__g5e09e6d.ari
> >  ?16) craype-network-aries
> >  ?17) craype-hugepages2M
> >  ?18) pbs/default
> >  ?19) PrgEnv-intel/6.0.4
> >  ?20) cray-fftw/3.3.6.2 <http://3.3.6.2>
> >  ?21) intel/16.0.4.258
> >  ?22) /home/apps/qe/6.2.0/modulefiles/int/16.0.4
> > =>> PBS: job killed: walltime 345616 exceeded limit 345600
> > aprun: Apid 969344: Caught signal Terminated, sending to application
> > forrtl: error (78): process killed (SIGTERM)
> > Image ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Routine ? ? ? ? ? ?Line ? ? ?
> ?Source
> > libintlc.so.5 ? ? ?00002AAAB1EA579D ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > libintlc.so.5 ? ? ?00002AAAB1EA3637 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > pw.x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0000000020C32DA4 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > pw.x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0000000020C32BB6 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > pw.x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0000000020B9F659 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > pw.x ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0000000020BA677E ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ?00002AAAB7168B10 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > libpthread.so.0 ? ?00002AAAB7165785 ?Unknown ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unknown
> ?Unknown
> > forrtl: error (78): process killed (SIGTERM)
> >
> > This is how the file listing modules terminates , the walltime is 96
> > hours. I have attatched my input file . I have tried smaller parameters
> > and smearing instead of tetrahedron , still the same error.
> >
> > Thank You.
> > Nawaf A
> > MSc Energy Science student
> > IIT Bombay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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