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Re: No Memory Available

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• Subject: [mg91337] Re: No Memory Available
• From: "Jean-Marc Gulliet" <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:54:22 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <g83n53$amj$1@smc.vnet.net> <48A575E7.2040508@gmail.com>

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Adel Elsabbagh  wrote:

<snip>

> I have an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.66GHz), with 3GB ram. OS is 32 bit
> windows XP Pro.
> I am using Mathematica 6.0

[... Cross posted to MathGroup ...]

OK. AFAIK, the default/standard system configuration of Windows XP
Professional 32-bit edition allows only 2 GB of memory per user
process, i.e. each individual user/application process will not be
allowed by the operating system to request memory over this 2 GB
limit, even though the theoretical limit is 4 GB on a 32-bit system.

Now, there exist two switches for this version of Windows that allows
the system to allocate up to 3 GB per user process. See the following
articles [1, 2] to get detailed explanations and directions about how
to use them:

"On 32-bit versions of Windows, the /3GB parameter enables 4-gigabyte
(GB) random access memory (RAM) Tuning, a feature that enlarges the
user-mode virtual address space to 3 GB and restricts the kernel-mode
components to the remaining 1 GB.  [1]"

Alone and/or combine with $HistoryLength=0 and ClearSystemCache[],
this might solve your memory issue.

Best regards,
- Jean-Marc

[1] "A description of the 4 GB RAM Tuning feature and the Physical
Address Extension parameter",
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291988

[2] "Memory Management - Demystifying /3GB"
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/03/23/memory-management-demystifying-3gb.aspx



> Kind regards,
>
> Adel
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote:
>>
>> Adel Elsabbagh wrote:
>>
>>> I am using NDSolve to do integration in time for 24 variables. I can
>>> choose
>>> only to do the integration for a short time range, otherwise I get the
>>> error:
>>>
>>> No more memory available.
>>> Mathematica kernel has shut down.
>>> Try quitting other applications and then retry.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Is there a way I can increase the allocated memory even virtually, or may
>>> be
>>
>> Though you did not tell us, I believe you are using a 32-bit system, which
>> mean that depending on the combination of hardware and operating system, a
>> user process can get between 2 and about 3 GB of virtual memory maximum.
>> This is hardware (Intel, AMD, PowerPC, Sparc, ...)/operating system (Linux,
>> UNIX, MAC OS X, Windows 98/Me/XP/Vista/Server2003...) dependent.
>>
>>> tell Mathematica to wipe the memory out during the run?
>>
>> ClearSystemCache["Numeric"] or ClearSystemCache[] might help reclaiming
>> some memory (assuming you are using version 6.x.x).
>>
>> http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ClearSystemCache.html
>>
>> Anyway, it is really hard to be specific without any hint about your
>> hardware, software, and the system you are trying to solve.