[gradsusr] Unable to allocate memory error

Ricardo Hallak ricardo.hallak at iag.usp.br
Fri Aug 8 12:42:38 EDT 2014


Hi Stephen, 
I remember i've already used the option -m with a very large additional memory allocation for a high resolution (x,y) field, and it solved the problem. 
Your try was -m 3000000 (3 Mb) or 3 Gb (3.000.000.000)? 

Regards, 
Ricardo 

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> De: "Stephen McMillan" <smcmillan at planalytics.com>
> Para: "GrADS Users Forum" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 8 de Agosto de 2014 12:17:08
> Assunto: [gradsusr] Unable to allocate memory error

> I've been running a script that uses high resolution data, but after
> a point it generates an "unable to allocate memory" error and
> stackdump, if I use too large an x-y domain. Looking at my Task
> Manager, this appears to happen when it hits a 2GB memory ceiling
> for the GrADS process. Total laptop memory used at point of
> stackdump is under 5GB (I have 8GB RAM on my Windows7 laptop).

> Is there any way within GrADS to increase the 2GB limit? I tried
> using the -m switch (-m 3000000, for example) when launching GrADS
> prior to running my script. By the way, the script works fine as
> long as it doesn't hit the 2GB ceiling. Is there something else I
> can do to overcome this? I've already iincluded code to undefine
> previously-defined variables as soon as no longer needed.

> I'm using version 2.0.1.oga.1

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