Question #215877 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/215877
Status: Open => Answered Anton Gladky proposed the following answer: Hi. 2012/12/6 Giulia Macaro <question215...@answers.launchpad.net>: > I've restarted the computer, launched the test, and I have not opened any > other program (not even a folder, firefox, mouse, or music). > After 3 hours of running with 4 out of 8 cores, the total memory usage > increased from 11.13 to 11.51% (compared with the previous 22 to 32% which I > had while running other programs). > At the end of the test, after 18 hours, the memory arrived up to 14.29%, > which is considerably less than before. > It not a sceintific way, but it gives an idea of what is happening. Some > observations: > - As soon as I start using the pc for other stuff, the memory used by Yade > starts increasing faster How do you measure, whether the memory, used by Yade, is increased? > - Have you noticed the same behaviour? > - It is good news, I assume, that the memory does not increase much if I > don't run anything else. But why, while I run other programs, does the > memory used by Yade increase? At least for linux-based systems it should not be so at all. Can other applications eat all the memory? > I am now trying to do the same (not using the pc at all) with the large > simulation (which crashed with SIGKILL before). Can I decide how much > memory Yade can use? Is there any command similar to -j4 given for the > number of cores? No, memory is allocating dynamically depending on the number of bodies, interactions etc. Anton -- You received this question notification because you are a member of yade-users, which is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : yade-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp