[gradsusr] Unable to allocate memory error

[Mark Sponsler]

I've have the same question. How or where in grads does one actually invoke the -m option when grads runs on MS Windows? 



On August 8, 2014 9:42:38 AM PDT, 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
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Mark

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