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= Description =

'''SIESTA''' (Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms) is both a method and its computer program implementation, to perform electronic structure calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molecules and solids.

= Availability =

SIESTA is available on selected bwHPC-Clusters. A complete list of versions currently installed on the bwHPC-Clusters can be obtained from the [https://www.bwhpc.de/software.html Cluster Information System (CIS)].

In order to check which versions of SIESTA are installed on the compute cluster, run the following command:
<pre>
$ module avail chem/siesta
</pre>

= License =

SIESTA is free, open-source software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The SIESTA package in its entirety may be copied, modified or distributed according to the conditions described in its [https://departments.icmab.es/leem/SIESTA_MATERIAL/Docs/Manuals/manuals.html documentation].

= Usage =

== Loading the module ==

You can load the default version of SIESTA with the following command:
<pre>
$ module load chem/siesta
</pre>

The module will try to load all modules it needs to function (e.g., compiler, mpi, ...). If loading the module fails, check if you have already loaded one of those modules, but not in the version required by SIESTA.

If you wish to load another (older) version of SIESTA, you can do so using
<pre>
$ module load chem/siesta/<version>
</pre>
with <version> specifying the desired version.

Please cite SIESTA in your publications according to the [https://departments.icmab.es/leem/SIESTA_MATERIAL/Docs/Manuals/manuals.html documentation].

== Program Binaries ==

The binary ''siesta'' is the molecular dynamics simulation suite containing all common GROMACS tools. It is compiled including MPI as indicated by the ''_mpi'' in the file name.

To get help using the GROMACS molecular dynamics simulation suite execute the following command:
<pre>
$ gmx_mpi
</pre>

To obtain a list of available commands, type
<pre>
$ gmx_mpi help commands
</pre>

For help on a command, use
<pre>
$ gmx_mpi help <command>
</pre>
with <command> specifying the desired command.

For help on selection syntax and usage, use
<pre>
$ gmx_mpi help selections
</pre>

== Hints for using SIESTA ==

=== Parallel Execution ===

It is usually more efficient to run several smaller jobs with reasonable speedup side by side. Check for a reasonable speedup by increasing the number of workers from 1, 2, 4, n cores. Do not forget to adjust the memory specification when changing the number of workers

=== Memory Management ===

It requires some experience to choose the perfect memory value. Monitoring a job interactively may help to estimate the memory consumption. Requesting 1GB more than the required amount is typically sufficient.

=== Runtime Specification ===

The wall-time limit is independent of the number of parallel workers. Selecting the best value requires some experience. In general, jobs with shorter wall times get higher priorities. It could help to run the job interactively for a small period of time to monitor its convergence. Furthermore, it may be advantageous to extrapolate the run time by looking at smaller test jobs.

= Examples =

As with all processes that require more than a few minutes to run, non-trivial compute jobs must be submitted to the cluster queuing system.

Example scripts are available in the directory <span style="background:#edeae2;margin:2px;padding:1px;border:1px dotted #808080">$SIESTA_EXA_DIR</span>:
<pre>
$ module show chem/siesta # show environment variables, which will be available after 'module load'
$ module load chem/siesta # load module
$ ls $SIESTA_EXA_DIR # show content of directory $SIESTA_EXA_DIR
$ cat $SIESTA_EXA_DIR/README # show examples README
</pre>

Run a first simple example job:
<pre>
$ module load chem/siesta # load module
$ WORKSPACE=`ws_allocate siesta 3` # allocate workspace
$ cd $WORKSPACE # change to workspace
$ cp -a $SIESTA_HOME/bwhpc-examples . # copy example files to workspace
$ cd bwhpc-examples/h2o # change to test directory
$ sbatch bwhpc_siesta_h2o.sh # submit job
$ squeue # obtain JOBID
$ scontrol show job <JOBID> # check state of job
$ ls # when job finishes the results will be visible in this directory
</pre>

= Useful links =

* [https://departments.icmab.es/leem/SIESTA_MATERIAL/Docs/Manuals/manuals.html Documentation (english)]
* [https://departments.icmab.es/leem/SIESTA_MATERIAL/Docs/list.html Mailing list (english)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIESTA_(computer_program) Wikipedia article (english)]
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