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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Dennis Conklin <[email protected] > wrote: > David, > > > > I have attached the summary from top – it indicates that of my 32GB, 5.4 > GB is “free”. Note that nothing is actually “using” that much memory. > If I run Paraview with my huge model, then it will be very slow and > complain about not having memory. If I run other programs to process this > huge model, they will work just fine and never notice that they don’t have > memory. It appears that they can access the “used” memory while paraview > cannot use it. > > > > The distribution info is also attached. > > > > We are not yet compiling Paraview here – we are using the v4.4 Linux > 64-bit executables DL’ed from the website, so I’m not sure I can change any > flags for memory management. > > > > Thanks for taking a look at this. > > > > Dennis > > > > *From:* David E DeMarle [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:10 AM > *To:* Dennis Conklin <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Paraview ([email protected]) <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Linux memory problems exclusive to > Paraview > > > > Dennis, > > > > Couple things please. > > > > 1) What distribution and version? > > 2) Can you send use the top couple of lines of top so we know specifically > what you are seeing (top output can vary) > > 3) Second - This is a shot in the dark and you'll have to compile preview > to test it. In vtkDataArrayTemplate.cxx - ensure that dontUseRealloc is > true. This changes part of the way we manage memory, so it might come into > play. > > > > thanks > > > > > David E DeMarle > Kitware, Inc. > R&D Engineer > 21 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > Phone: 518-881-4909 > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Dennis Conklin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > > > I will never be mistaken for a Linux sys admin, so let me try to tell you > what is happening in a hopefully understandable way. > > > > We run Paraview standalone on our workstations – no remote server, etc. > Just running the executables DL’ed from the website. > > > > We constantly have an issue with Paraview not having enough memory to > behave properly. > > If I run TOP at the command line, I might see that nothing is using more > than 2% of memory, but in the header it says I have 32GB of ram and 28GB is > “used” in the terminology of TOP. This will mean that Paraview will have > very little memory available to it (confirmed using Memory inspector) and > it will be very slow! However, other programs, including other > post-processors seem to be able to access this “used” memory and perform > much better. What is it about Paraview which makes it unable to utilize > this “used” but apparently available memory, while other programs can? > > > > If more info is needed, can someone help me understand how to get the > needed info. After discussing this several times with the sys admins, > they just want me to go away because apparently only Paraview has this > issue. > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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