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Re: How to allocate memory for an array of more than 2G [message #71754 is a reply to message #71675] Wed, 14 July 2010 15:14 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
minchen is currently offline  minchen
Messages: 8
Registered: February 2010
Junior Member
Hi Bob,

Thanks a lot!

I cannot do this:
IDL> a=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
IDL> b=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
IDL> c=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
IDL> d=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
IDL> help,/mem
on my system. It is a 64 bit linux system and the memory is 64G.
Is there a limitation of the virtual memory which is related to this
one? If so, how can I do it?

Thanks a lot!




On Jul 13, 8:45 pm, "R.G. Stockwell" <noem...@please.com> wrote:
> "NEW-IDL-USER" <mchen...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> I have a trouble to read a .h5 file which is about 3G.
>> I am using {x86_64 linux unix linux 7.1.1 Aug 21 2009 64  64} IDL. So
>> you see, my system is 64 bit and IDL is also 64 bit. The problem I
>> cannot allocate a memory for an array more than 2G. I do not know why?
>> Can someone help me?
>> Thanks a lot!
>
>> IDL> help,/memory
>> heap memory used:     818394, max: 1074560678, gets:     1069,
>> frees:      258
>> IDL> a=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
>> IDL> help,/memory
>> heap memory used: 1074560268, max: 1074560367, gets:     1081,
>> frees:      269
>> IDL> a=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
>> % Unable to allocate memory: to make array.
>>  Cannot allocate memory
>
> Hello New,
> I have no idea why you  cannot  allocate that memory.
> In fact, you call a = bytarr() twice, so it looks like you can
> only allocate one gig.  How much memory is on your machine?
>
> And are there quotas involved on the IDL process (perhaps you should
> ask your sys admin).
>
> for instance, you should be able to do this.
>
> IDL>  a=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL>  b=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL>  c=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL>  d=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL> help,/mem
> heap memory used: 4303438407, max: 4303438540, gets:   107997, frees:
> 98790
> IDL>  e=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL>  f=bytarr(1024,1024,1024)
> IDL> help,/mem
> heap memory used: 6450922396, max: 6450922529, gets:   108015, frees:
> 98806
>
> cheers,
> bob- Hide quoted text -
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