> I have a Perl script that needs to read a large amount of data from several files
> and store it in memory (in a hash). My estimate is the stored data size is ~1.5GB.
> However, Perl seems to be choking ("out of memory!") at ~900-950MB. I have tried it
> on multiple machines, and on both Linux & HP-11, with same result. In each case, the
> actual amount of available physical memory on the machine is >2GB (in 1 case it was
> >6GB).
>
> I would have thought that it should not run out of memory up until 4GB on a 32-bit
> machine. Breaking up the problem into smaller pieces will be excruciatingly painful
> (if not impossible). Am I SOL or is there a way around this? I would appreciate any
> pointers/ideas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Nilanjan Palit
>
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