[gradsusr] Unable to allocate memory error

[Stephen McMillan]

Ricardo,
I used -m 3000000.  I had assumed that meant 3 Gb, but you're suggesting
that's 3 Mb?  Also, I don't know if that means additional, or total, memory
allocation.
Stephen Mc


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Hallak <ricardo.hallak at iag.usp.br>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Thanks
> Stephen McMillan
>
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