From 6544861bd349c410020d3ef543601e3798531d9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 16:01:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] document large restart file warning --- doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst index b926fdb67f..dc7d02425e 100644 --- a/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst +++ b/doc/src/Howto_lammps_gui.rst @@ -561,6 +561,14 @@ generated with a :doc:`write_data command `. The third window is a :ref:`Snapshot Image Viewer ` containing a visualization of the system in the restart. +If the restart file is larger than 250 MBytes, a dialog will ask +for confirmation before continuing, since large restart files +may require large amounts of RAM since the entire system must +be read into RAM. Thus restart file for large simulations that +have been run on an HPC cluster may overload a laptop or local +workstation. The ``Show Details...`` button will display a rough +estimate of the additional memory required. + Menu ----