RPA calculation memory problem

[Yohannes]

Dear forum users,

I was recently trying to use RPA method for metallic clusters using vasp 5.4.4 but could not be successful because of memory related problem. My computing severer has maximum of 64gb memory in one processor. I tried the the RPA calculation with both single processor and multiprocessors but at the third step (exact diagonalization of the Hamiltonian) get the same error message "forrtl: severe (41): insufficient virtual memory". I did the calculation procedurally according to the manual instruction for ACFDT/RPA. I took the NBANDS equal to number of maximum plane waves which is taken from the first step. My calculation employs only one k-point (gamma point).
With the same INCAR settings it works for small box size, for example vacuum=4 but does not work for vacuum spacing greater than 5.
Has anyone experience on this issues? I would appreciate any suggestions on this respect?
Thank you in advace!

best regards,
Yohannes

[admin]

if you have a memory problem, it only helps to
1) increase the number of parallel nodes
or
2) choose the input parameters such that less memory is afforded:
this can be done by
reducing the basis set size: smaller cell, lower precision (ENCUT), less k-points