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Re: IDL and the RAM memory [message #48952]

Wed, 07 June 2006 10:09

liamgumley
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Registered: June 2005

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Search for "IDL Memory Limitation?" at Google Groups:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.idl-pvwave/

txominhermos@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello group!
>
> I am doing some test to know the capabilities of IDL 6.0.1 in a
> Computer with 4 Gigabytes of RAM memory.
>
> The program charges images of 203 MB (213,479,424 bytes). In the fifth
> image IDL stops the program when...
>
> ENVI> print, memory()
> 860445965 61829 55020 860485241
>
> And says...
>
> % Unable to allocate memory: to make array.
>
>
> Why I cannot use the whole RAM memory?
>
>
> Thanks for your attention
>
>
>
> txomin

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Re: IDL and the RAM memory [message #48953 is a reply to message #48952]

Wed, 07 June 2006 10:09

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

txominhermos@gmail.com writes:

> I am doing some test to know the capabilities of IDL 6.0.1 in a
> Computer with 4 Gigabytes of RAM memory.
>
> The program charges images of 203 MB (213,479,424 bytes). In the fifth
> image IDL stops the program when...
>
> ENVI> print, memory()
> 860445965 61829 55020 860485241
>
> And says...
>
> % Unable to allocate memory: to make array.
>
>
> Why I cannot use the whole RAM memory?

I would start with this article:

http://www.dfanning.com/fileio_tips/lgfiles.html

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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