Re: AW: st: Another problem with op system refuses to provide memory

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Thank you again Martin,

It's good to know that one is able to get 6 GB with that set up. Also  
I'm sorry for not being clear--I have set memory permanently to 1200m  
and can't set it any higher either temporarily or permanently under  
any conditions (through the do file or command lines, before loading  
data, etc). So I'm wondering if it's somehow a problem with the  
workstation itself.

Best
Prashant

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On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:42 PM, "Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>  
wrote:

> <>
>
>
> On your machine, you should be able to allocate much more than  
> 1200m. I have
> almost an identical configuration, and can set mem to 6 G w/o  
> problems.
>
> Your do-file could contain the line
>
>
> set mem 1200m
>
> among its first lines. Setting mem permanently does not mean that  
> you cannot
> deviate from your setting on an ad-hoc basis...
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
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> Betreff: Re: st: Another problem with op system refuses to provide  
> memory
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Mark--however the settings I described are set permanently...ie
> before I open the do file ...or I may not have caught your
> meaning...if so I apologize and request further clarification.
>
> Best
> Prashant
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Mark Nichols <nichols.mark0@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You should allocate your memory before you open your do-file, the big
> > ones especially.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > > I am running into the problem of "op system refuses to provide
> > > memory". I
> > > can't understand why.
> > >
> > > My settings are maxvar 5000, matsize 5000, and memory 1200 MB
> > > (Stata won't
> > > allow me to allocate more than 1200MB either).
> > >
> > > I run into the problem mostly while using svy commands on a large
> > > dataset (2
> > > million+ observations) but also when conducting merges and more
> > > time-consuming commands, etc.
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