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Re: Memory problem [message #58740 is a reply to message #3153]

Fri, 15 February 2008 08:52

greg.addr
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> IDL> print, 5287*7707*8*4
> 1303901088
>
> about 1.3 GB.
>
> This is doable on a 32-bit system (assuming that you have 2 GB of RAM),
> but you will not be able to create two such arrays.

That certainly isn't doable on my 32-bit XP system (2 GB) - its
limit's just under 1 GB for a single allocation. I've recently started
using a 64-bit XP exactly to get around this problem. The new system
seems to be able to allocate properly up to the limit of RAM (I've
tried to 8 GB):

IDL> a=bytarr(8,1000,1000,1000,/nozero)

Greg

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		Memory problem By: weertj on Sun, 27 November 1994 18:06
		Re: Memory problem By: pook41 on Sat, 16 February 2008 03:21
		Re: Memory problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 15 February 2008 11:53
		Re: Memory problem By: greg.addr on Fri, 15 February 2008 08:52
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		Re: Memory problem By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 14 February 2008 06:51
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