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 Please see and look for restart_mode and max_seconds in the QE documentation.\\  Please see and look for restart_mode and max_seconds in the QE documentation.\\ 
 https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_PW.html#idm60 https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_PW.html#idm60
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 +Please specify your outdir which is where the scratch files will be written.\\
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 If your QE job is running on one node, the //smp// queue, then the maximum walltime is 96 hours, while for 2 nodes or more on the //normal// queue the maximum walltime is 48 hours. If your QE job is running on one node, the //smp// queue, then the maximum walltime is 96 hours, while for 2 nodes or more on the //normal// queue the maximum walltime is 48 hours.
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-1. You believe your job will complete within 20 hours for example, or that around 20 hours is a vital point in the calculation where you believe restarting from is important, or that you've seen your job fail previously after 20 hours:+**1.** You believe your job will complete within 20 hours for example, or that around 20 hours is a vital point in the calculation where you believe restarting from is important, or that you've seen your job fail previously after 20 hours:
  
 Set your PBS job walltime greater than 20 hours (23 hours for example), and choose max_seconds equivalent to 20 hours. Set your PBS job walltime greater than 20 hours (23 hours for example), and choose max_seconds equivalent to 20 hours.
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-2. Your job may not complete in the maximum PBS walltime of 48 hours on the //normal// queue, so then choose max_seconds equivalent to less than 48 hours, such as 45 hours:\\ +**2.** Your job may not complete in the maximum PBS walltime of 48 hours on the //normal// queue, so then choose max_seconds equivalent to less than 48 hours, such as 45 hours:\\ 
  
 45 hours = 45 x 60 x 60 = 162 000 seconds\\  45 hours = 45 x 60 x 60 = 162 000 seconds\\ 
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-3. Your job may not complete in the maximum PBS walltime of 96 hours on the //smp// queue, so then choose choose max_seconds equivalent to less than 96 hours, such as 93 hours:+**3.** Your job may not complete in the maximum PBS walltime of 96 hours on the //smp// queue, so then choose choose max_seconds equivalent to less than 96 hours, such as 93 hours:
  
 93 hours = 93 x 60 x 60 = 334 800 seconds\\  93 hours = 93 x 60 x 60 = 334 800 seconds\\ 
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 max_seconds=334800\\  max_seconds=334800\\ 
 restart_mode ='restart'\\  restart_mode ='restart'\\ 
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-//**Please remember to delete any unwanted QE restart files and unwanted temporary QE files! We need to do our best with lustre/lustre3p.**//+//__**Please remember to delete any unwanted QE restart files and unwanted temporary QE files! We need to do our best with lustre/lustre3p.**__//
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