Gaussian 09

Gaussian provides state-of-the-art capabilities for electronic structure modelling.

Accessing Gaussian 09

To load the module for Gaussian 09 please use this command on the BEAR systems (BlueBEAR, BEARCloud VMs, and CaStLeS VMs):

module load Gaussian/09

BEAR Apps Version

2019b

Architectures

EL8-cascadelakeEL8-haswell

The listed architectures consist of two part: OS-CPU.

  • BlueBEAR: The OS used on BlueBEAR is represented by EL and there are several different processor (CPU) types available on BlueBEAR. More information about the processor types on BlueBEAR is available on the BlueBEAR Job Submission page.
  • BEAR and CaStLeS Cloud VMs: These VMs can have one of two OSes. Those with access to a BEAR Cloud or CaStLeS VM should check that the listed architectures for an application include the OS of VM being used. The VMs, irrespective of OS, will use the haswell CPU type.

Known Problems & Limitations

Due to the additional license required to enable distributed memory parallel runs, Gaussian on this service can only take advantage of the multiple cores on a node but cannot run across nodes.

Gaussian Licensing

Gaussian is not available to all users by default. If you wish to use it then please do contact us.

More Information

For more information visit the Gaussian website.

Last modified on 20th July 2020