Hi Fabiano good!
On 24 Apr 2014, at 18:51, Fabiano Corsetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear SIESTA community, > > I would like to bring to your attention the release of the new Siestimator > web app. It is designed for SIESTA users to obtain realistic timing estimates > for parallel runs of their jobs on a variety of HPC systems. > > The app can be accessed here: > > http://departments.icmab.es/leem/siesta/siestimator/ > > An open-access paper has also recently been published, explaining how the > estimates are calculated, and discussing general issues of parallel scaling > for SIESTA and other DFT codes. Among other things, the results show SIESTA > to be quite capable of taking advantage of many thousands of cores, with a > level of parallel efficiency comparable to that of several popular plane-wave > codes. but with a lower global demand ... E > The paper is available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095390 > > I hope some of you will find the app useful for planning large-scale SIESTA > projects. I welcome any comments and questions you might have. > > Kind regards, > > Fabiano Corsetti > CIC nanoGUNE
