[CP2K:8809] very long calculation time

Amin Jafarzadeh amin.jaf... at gmail.com
Mon Mar 13 12:13:52 UTC 2017


Frankly, I don't know how to extract these information! I attached output
file here.
I need LSD because the calculation done by VASP was spin polarized.

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:10 PM, <hut... at chem.uzh.ch> wrote:

> Hi
>
> you still didn't answer my question:
>
> is your 'long' simulation time caused by:
>
> - slow convergence of geometry optimization
>      ==> Numbers please.
> - slow convergence of SCF
>      ==> How many iterations? Did it converge at all?
> - high CPU time per SCF cycle?
>      ==> Give us some numbers. It is impossible to say something
>          without having any information.
>
> Do you really need LSD?
>
> regards
>
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> From: Amin
> Sent by: cp... at googlegroups.com
> Date: 03/13/2017 12:07PM
> Subject: Re: [CP2K:8808] very long calculation time
>
> To add up some thing: I think that is because of the slow convergence of
> the SCF.The interesting point is that with 48 atoms in my supercell, SCF
> converged in less than one hour! but now with 192 atoms, it takes more than
> a week (even more!, because it hasn't converged yet!)
>
> On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:57:14 AM UTC+1, Amin wrote:Thank you very
> much for your swift reply.I am replicating a calculation that has been done
> previously by VASP. at first I tried to calculate adsorption energy with 48
> atoms in my supercell, but there was a major difference between my results
> and the previous one. Then I modified my structure to include more atoms.
> I'll try to apply your suggestions but I also attach my complete input file
> in case that it might help to give a better perspective. -Because of this
> point that calculation stopped after reaching the wall-time, I set the new
> input file to use the Restart wave-function. But I'm not sure that it's
> been done correctly! Sorry if my questions are so rudimentary!
> I sincerely appreciate your time and considerations.
>
> &GLOBAL  PROJECT  Chemisorption-newconf  RUN_TYPE GEO_OPT  PRINT_LEVEL
> LOW  EXTENDED_FFT_LENGTHS&END GLOBAL
> &FORCE_EVAL  METHOD Quickstep               &DFT    WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME
> Chemisorption-newconf-RESTART.wfn     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME  BASIS_MOLOPT
>   POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  GTH_POTENTIALS    LSD    CHARGE 0    MULTIPLICITY 1
>   &MGRID        CUTOFF 800        REL_CUTOFF 60    &END MGRID    &QS
> METHOD GPW        EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-12    &END QS    &POISSON
> PERIODIC XYZ    &END POISSON    &SCF                              SCF_GUESS
> RESTART      EPS_SCF 1.0E-6      MAX_SCF 100      &OT        PRECONDITIONER
> FULL_ALL        MINIMIZER CG      &END OT      &OUTER_SCF        MAX_SCF
> 20        EPS_SCF 1.0E-6      &END OUTER_SCF    &END SCF    &XC
>                 &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE      &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
> &VDW_POTENTIAL        DISPERSION_FUNCTIONAL PAIR_POTENTIAL
> &PAIR_POTENTIAL                TYPE DFTD3(BJ)
> REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE                CALCULATE_C9_TERM .FALSE.
>       PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat                R_CUTOFF 15.0
> &END PAIR_POTENTIAL      &END VDW_POTENTIAL    &END XC  &END DFT
>   &SUBSYS    &CELL      ABC 15.138 15.138 30.0000      PERIODIC XYZ
> &END CELL    &TOPOLOGY      COORD_FILE_FORMAT XYZ      COORD_FILE_NAME
>  ./Anatase001-192.xyz    &END    &KIND C      ELEMENT C      BASIS_SET
> DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4    &END KIND     &KIND Ti
> ELEMENT Ti      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q12
> &END KIND    &KIND O      ELEMENT O      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
> POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6    &END KIND  &END SUBSYS  &PRINT
> &TOTAL_NUMBERS ON        &END TOTAL_NUMBERS  &END PRINT&END
> FORCE_EVAL&MOTION        &GEO_OPT          OPTIMIZER BFGS
>   MAX_FORCE 4.50000000E-004        &END        &CONSTRAINT
>   &FIXED_ATOMS                LIST 0..95          &END FIXED_ATOMS
> &END CONSTRAINT&END MOTION
> On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:35:58 AM UTC+1, jgh wrote:Hi
>
>
>
> is your 'long' simulation time caused by:
>
>
>
> - slow convergence of geometry optimization
>
> - slow convergence of SCF
>
> - high CPU time per SCF cycle?
>
>
>
> To improve CPU time per SCF I would suggest (guessing without
>
> knowing your full input)
>
> - use only MOLOPT-SR basis sets
>
> - reduce EPS_DEFAULT to 1.e-10
>
> - Preconditioner -> FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE
>
>
>
> Do you really need LSD?
>
>
>
> regards
>
>
>
> Juerg Hutter
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Juerg Hutter                         Phone : ++41 44 635 4491
>
> Institut für Chemie C                FAX   : ++41 44 635 6838
>
> Universität Zürich                   E-mail: hut... at chem.uzh.ch
>
> Winterthurerstrasse 190
>
> CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
>
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>
>
>
> -----cp... at googlegroups.com wrote: -----To: cp2k <cp... at googlegroups.com>
>
> From: Amin
>
> Sent by: cp... at googlegroups.com
>
> Date: 03/13/2017 10:28AM
>
> Subject: [CP2K:8806] very long calculation time
>
>
>
> Hi all,I am trying to calculate the adsorption energy of co2 on Tio2
> surface (with 192 atoms in my supercell). but the problem is that it takes
> too long time to be calculated. I'm using 80 processors (2.8 GHz - each)
> but as I set the wall time for 7 days, it reached that wall time and
> calculations stopped. I have done similar calculations for fewer atoms
> (48,98) in super cell but in those cases (even with fewer CPUs) it takes at
> most 1 day to calculate everything. Because I'm a beginner in CP2K, I don't
> have any idea weather this amount of time for calculation is reasonable. I
> have attached critical parts of my input file. I will be grateful if
> someone gives a comment regarding my question.- Any suggestion for
> decreasing the calculation time with the same number of atoms is warmly
> appreciated.. :)
>
> &GLOBAL  PROJECT  Ch  RUN_TYPE GEO_OPT  PRINT_LEVEL LOW
> EXTENDED_FFT_LENGTHS&END GLOBAL
>
> &FORCE_EVAL  METHOD Quickstep       &DFT    BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME
>  BASIS_MOLOPT    POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  GTH_POTENTIALS    LSD    CHARGE 0
> MULTIPLICITY 1    &MGRID        CUTOFF 800        REL_CUTOFF 60    &END
> MGRID    &QS        METHOD GPW        EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-12    &END QS
> &POISSON        PERIODIC XYZ    &END POISSON    &SCF
>     SCF_GUESS ATOMIC      EPS_SCF 1.0E-6      MAX_SCF 100      &OT
>  PRECONDITIONER FULL_ALL        MINIMIZER CG      &END OT      &OUTER_SCF
>      MAX_SCF 20        EPS_SCF 1.0E-6      &END OUTER_SCF    &END SCF
> &XC                  &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE      &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
> &VDW_POTENTIAL        DISPERSION_FUNCTIONAL PAIR_POTENTIAL
>  &PAIR_POTENTIAL                TYPE DFTD3(BJ)
>  REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE                CALCULATE_C9_TERM .FALSE.
>        PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat                R_CUTOFF 15.0
>  &END PAIR_POTENTIAL      &END VDW_POTENTIAL    &END XC  &END DFT
>
>   &SUBSYS    &CELL      ABC 15.138 15.138 30.0000      PERIODIC XYZ
> &END CELL    &TOPOLOGY      COORD_FILE_FORMAT XYZ      COORD_FILE_NAME
>  ./Anatase001-192.xyz    &END
>
> &END FORCE_EVAL&MOTION        &GEO_OPT          OPTIMIZER BFGS
>  MAX_FORCE 4.50000000E-004        &END        &CONSTRAINT
>  &FIXED_ATOMS                LIST 0..95          &END FIXED_ATOMS
>  &END CONSTRAINT&END MOTION
>
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Amin Jafarzadeh
PhD Candidate,
Research Group PLASMANT <https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/rg/plasmant/>,
University of Antwerp
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