parallel and memory

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parallel and memory

#1 Post by dyc_2008 » Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:14 am

dear all:
My PC has 8 cores,but the memory is pool ,only 8GB。
someone says :during the calculation ,VASP need very large memory。
so, is there someone who can give me some advices:run the parallel version or not。
thanks。
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parallel and memory

#2 Post by admin » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:24 am

yes, running parallel distributes the required memory to the nodes
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