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Re: st: memory problem
From
Neil Shephard <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: memory problem
Date
Fri, 27 May 2011 16:03:27 +0100
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Elizabeth Sheila Germana
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm encountering problems when I try to merge a file.
>
> My memory details and syntax are the following:
>
> memory
>
> set maxvar 30000
> set mem 1g
> set more off
> bytes
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Details of set memory usage
> overhead (pointers) 2,144 0.00%
> data 10,380,712 0.97%
> ----------------------------
> data + overhead 10,382,856 0.97%
> free 1,063,358,960 99.03%
> ----------------------------
> Total allocated 1,073,741,816 100.00%
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Other memory usage
> set maxvar usage 12,001,730
> set matsize usage 1,315,200
> programs, saved results, etc. 5,649,298
> ---------------
> Total 18,966,228
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Grand total 1,092,708,044
>
>
> I think that I have enough memory however, I have tried to extend memory more than 1g but I can't.
> What could be the problem?
I'm going to assume that you're on M$-Windows, in which case see this FAQ...
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/winmemory.html
..basically switch to 64-bit Operating System and install a 64-bit
version of Stata and you can allocate more RAM if you have it
installed.
Neil
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