This error is anticipated ;-( Direct solvers require very large memory for numerical factorization. You may consult superlu or mumps developers for feasibility of your application.
Hong On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Matthew Knepley wrote: > It seems clear that MUMPS ran out of memory for the factor. BG is a very > memory-light > machine. > > Matt > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Yann Tambouret <yannpaul at bu.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> While trying to use superlu_dist through the PETSc interface, I received >> the following error: >> >> Malloc fails for C[]. at line 614 in file pdgssvx.c >> >> This was for a system with ~16 million unknowns on a Bluegene machine run >> with 512 processors. Has anyone seen this error before? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Yann >> > -- > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments > is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments > lead. > -- Norbert Wiener >
