Iep, I will keep all the informations and write a document. Jannik
On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Tudor Girba wrote: > The prospect sounds exciting. > > Jannik, if you do manage to get this to work with Moose, it would be > great to document it :) > > Cheers, > Doru > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM, David T. Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 09:26:18AM +0200, jannik.laval wrote: >>> Dear pharoers, >>> >>> We are loading really big models in the Moose software analysis platform. >>> This generate a lot of small objects and with the biggest model, we >>> approach the limit of 2Gb of the VM. >>> >>> Is it possible for anyone who knows the VM to add extra memory space ? >>> Going to 4Gb or maybe 8Gb would be a great thing. >>> >> >> It is possible to have an image of at least 7GB (I have done this on >> my PC with 8GB real memory). Currently this requires tracing the image >> to a 64-bit object format with SystemTracer, and running the image >> on an interpreter VM compiled for the 64-bit format. >> >> I expect that this will work for Moose in a Pharo image, although >> performance of the garbage collector is likely to become an issue >> as the memory grows with lots of smaller objects, and the 64-bit >> interpreter VM will be significantly slower than a 32-bit Cog VM. >> >> If you want to try this with one of your images, I'll try to give you >> some help. >> >> I believe that Eliot has longer term plans for 64-bit object formats, >> VMs, and improved garbage collectors. >> >> Dave >> >> > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" > --- Jannik Laval
