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Dear Jorge,

It might a 32-bit problem. Are you using a 32-bit compile version of the 
code? If that is the case, you will be limited to 1.5 Gb job. We will have to 
use a 64-bit to run bug jobs.

Hope it helps.

Michel
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Jorge Iniguez [mailto:jiniguez@nist.gov]
> Envoyé : 1 avril, 2003 15:21
> À : forum@abinit.org
> Objet : [abinit-forum] Memory problem
> 
> 
> Dear abinitioners,
> 
> I have a problem when trying to run relatively big jobs. The 
> program fails
> to allocate the required amount of memory even though the system has
> enough memory available.
> 
> For intance, in the log file I can get something like:
> 
> ``Test failed to allocate 1843.383 Mbytes''
> 
> but if I type "limit" the system says:
> 
> cputime         unlimited
> filesize        unlimited
> datasize        unlimited
> stacksize       524288 kbytes
> coredumpsize    unlimited
> memoryuse       16625280 kbytes
> vmemoryuse      unlimited
> descriptors     200
> threads         1024
> 
> i.e., there should not be any memory problem as far as I can see...
> 
> The problem happens for both serial and parallel jobs (the 
> above example
> corresponds to a serial job). The job is nothing fanzy: I want to
> calculate energy, forces and stresses for a 22-atom unit-cell system.
> Other details: I am using SGI 2000 with MIPS R14000 Processor 
> and 16 GB
> memory (IRIX 6.5).
>  
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>  
> Thanks,
> 
> Jorge Iniguez
> 
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