Psi4 Geometry Optimization

Cube to perform geometry optimization using Psi4

Related Cubes

Calculation Parameters

  • Basis used by Psi4 (string) : Basis set used for geometry optimization by Psi4
    Default: “”
    Choices: :green:``, minix, 6-31G, 6-31G*, 6-31+G*, 6-31G**, 6-31+G**, 6-311G**, 6-311+G**, 6-311G(2d,2p), def2-SVP, def2-SVPD, def2-TZVP, def2-TZVPD, def2-TZVPP, def2-TZVPPD, cc-pVDZ, aug-cc-pVDZ, cc-pVTZ, aug-cc-pVTZ, LanL2DZ
  • CPUs (integer) : The number of CPUs to run this cube with
    Default: 1 Min: 1 Max: 128
  • Cube Metrics (string) : Set of metrics to be collected

    Choices: cpu, disk, memory, network
  • Temporary Disk Space (MiB) (decimal) : The minimum amount of disk space in MiB (1048576 B) this cube requires. Due to overhead, request a couple hundred MiB more than required.
    Default: 5120.0 Min: 128.0 Max: 8589934592
  • GPUs (integer) : The number of GPUs to run this cube with
    Default: 0 Max: 16
  • Instance Tags (string) : Only run on machines with matching tags (comma separated)
    Default: “”
  • Instance Type (string) : The type of instance that this cube needs to be run on
  • Maximum number of geometry optimization steps (integer) : Maximum number of steps during a single geometry optimization calculation
    Default: 100 Max: 200
  • Memory (MiB) (decimal) : The minimum amount of memory in MiBs (1048576 B) this cube requires. Due to overhead, request a couple hundred MiB more than required.
    Default: 1800 Min: 256.0 Max: 8589934592
  • Method used by Psi4 (string) : Method used for geometry optimization by Psi4
    Default: HF3c
    Choices: HF3c, PBEh3c, HF, HF-D3, B3LYP, B3LYP-D3BJ, B3LYP-D3MBJ, B2PLYP-D3BJ, M06, M06-2X, M06-L, MN15-D3BJ, MN15-L, PW6B95-D3BJ, CAM-B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP-D3BJ, WB97X, WB97X-D, WB97X-V, PBE, PBE0
  • Metric Period (decimal) : How often to sample metrics, in seconds
    Default: 60 Min: 1 Max: 300
  • Remove Implicit Hydrogens (boolean) : If True, implicit hydrogens are removed from the molecule before the formal charge is calculated. If false, the Cube will fail if the molecule does have implicit hydrogens.
    Default: False
  • Spot policy (string) : Control cube placement on spot market instances
    Default: Prohibited
    Choices: Allowed, Preferred, NotPreferred, Prohibited, Required
  • Save Psi4 Log File (boolean) : Add Psi4 output log file to output record
    Default: False
  • Store Psi4 optimization history (boolean) : Add Psi4 optimization history to output record
    Default: False

Field parameters

  • Energy Field (Field Type: Float) : Energy Field
    Default: Psi4 Energy (kcal/mol)
  • Extended Log Field (Field Type: StringVec) : Message extended log field
    Default: Extended Log Field
  • Input Molecule Field (Field Type: Chem.Mol) : Primary Molecule Field to use as input to the Cube
  • Log Field (Field Type: String) : Message log field
    Default: Log Field
  • Output Molecule Field (Field Type: Chem.Mol) : Primary Molecule Field to use as output to the Cube

Hardware Parameters

Machine hardware requirements

  • Memory (MiB) (decimal) : The minimum amount of memory in MiBs (1048576 B) this cube requires. Due to overhead, request a couple hundred MiB more than required.
    Default: 1800 Min: 256.0 Max: 8589934592
  • Temporary Disk Space (MiB) (decimal) : The minimum amount of disk space in MiB (1048576 B) this cube requires. Due to overhead, request a couple hundred MiB more than required.
    Default: 5120.0 Min: 128.0 Max: 8589934592
  • GPUs (integer) : The number of GPUs to run this cube with
    Default: 0 Max: 16
  • CPUs (integer) : The number of CPUs to run this cube with
    Default: 1 Min: 1 Max: 128
  • Instance Type (string) : The type of instance that this cube needs to be run on
  • Spot policy (string) : Control cube placement on spot market instances
    Default: Prohibited
    Choices: Allowed, Preferred, NotPreferred, Prohibited, Required
  • Instance Tags (string) : Only run on machines with matching tags (comma separated)
    Default: “”

Metrics Parameters

Cube Metric Parameters

  • Metric Period (decimal) : How often to sample metrics, in seconds
    Default: 60 Min: 1 Max: 300
  • Cube Metrics (string) : Set of metrics to be collected

    Choices: cpu, disk, memory, network

Parallel Psi4 Geometry Optimization

The parallel version adds these extra parameters.

  • Number of messages to distribute at a time (integer) : The maximum number of messages to bundle together for a parallel cube.
    Default: 1 Min: 1 Max: 65535
  • Maximum Failures (integer) : The maximum number of times to attempt processing a work item
    Default: 10 Min: 1 Max: 100
  • Autoscale this Cube (boolean) : If True, let Orion manage the parallelism of this Cube
    Default: True
  • Maximum number of Cubes (integer) : The maximum number of concurrently running copies of this Cube
    Default: 1000 Min: 1
  • Minimum number of Cubes (integer) : The minimum number of concurrently running copies of this Cube
    Default: 0

Tip

filename: psi4-orion/psi4_orion/psi4_cube_gopt.py