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Re: memory allocation on Macs [message #60091 is a reply to message #60090]

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:06

pgrigis
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Registered: September 2007

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Rick Towler wrote:
> pgrigis wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> we have pretty much exhausted the topic of memory
>> allocation on Windows and Linux, but I don't remember
>> any discussion abut this on Mac OS.
>>
>> So, I am using IDL 6.3 on Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>>
>> I tried allocating as many 1GB array as possible,
>> and it failed after 3 successful allocations.
>> Now, the "Activity Monitor" indicates that at this point
>> I have 3.6 GB of memory used and 3.4 GB free.
>> So I am wondering why cant'I allocate a couple more
>> of 1GB arrays?
>
> I'm not a macatista, but a quick google search reveals that as of 10.3,
> the per process memory limit in OS X is 4GB. That squares with what
> you're seeing. Someone more in the know might be able to tell you
> if/how this can be tuned. For instance using "setrlimit".
I'll investigate this.

Thanks,
Paolo

>
> -Rick

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		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: pgrigis on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:13
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Brian Larsen on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:56
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Karl[1] on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:36
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: pgrigis on Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: pgrigis on Thu, 01 May 2008 13:56
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 01 May 2008 13:08
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: pgrigis on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:06
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: pgrigis on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:25
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Rick Towler on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:15
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Brian Larsen on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:54
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:39
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: Karl[1] on Mon, 05 May 2008 13:23
		Re: memory allocation on Macs By: ekvys101 on Fri, 02 May 2008 16:57

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