I think it's more of an OS problem and less a prob with Nuke. Linux does a lot of background caching, which can fight for resources. Would it help to clear the page cache and reclaim some RAM? I think that's what IT was doing at my last job.
shell> echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches (as root) You could set it up to run once every so often if this is the fix you were looking for. On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Deke Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote: > Turn off aggressive caching. Also increasing your disk cache will help. > The default of 10gb is way too small for most productions. > > -- > Deke Kincaid > Creative Specialist > The Foundry > Skype: dekekincaid > Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 > Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk > Email: [email protected] > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:03 AM, John Mangia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nope, Linux for years and at different facilities. >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Michael Garrett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Are you on Windows? >> > >> > >> > On 27 August 2014 11:36, John Mangia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> This has been an issue for years and I'm surprised it hasn't been >> >> addressed. Nuke constantly sucks up all available ram, caching >> >> anything that was viewed and not releasing it from memory. All memory >> >> related settings in preferences are at their default values yet I >> >> still find myself having to dump my cache and buffers 100 times a day >> >> or having to relaunch a crashed nuke session. Is it too far fetched >> >> for nuke to keep track of what it's keeping in ram and smartly release >> >> the oldest data? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> John Mangia >> >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Nuke-users mailing list >> >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> >> >> -- >> John Mangia >> >> 908.616.1796 >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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