Re: Memory allocation problem

From: Mihai Osian (zzz_at_zzz.com)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:09:54 +0200

justabeginner wrote:

>Hi all, I seem to be having this problem allocating memory with a
>finite element package. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>I have 1GB of RAM and 2GB of hard disk swap space (as a swap
>partition). When I allocate 30e6 words of memory I use about 200MB of
>RAM and 0MB of swap space. When I allocate 40e6, it crashes.
>
>My friends with lower spec computers can allocate up to 90e6 words of
>memory so I don't think the limitation is with the program.
>
>My O/S is Red Hat Enterprise v4.0. Are there any memory restrictions I
>need to free up, which RHEL implicitly applies to all running apps
>(like no more than 150MB of RAM per application)?
>
>
>
>
< snip>

  Check the output of "ulimit -a".

Mihai

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