since v8 is the js engine of chrome, it was designed to be a good cittizen on client machines. plus in browser there is rarely a need fo so much memory in js. so v8 caps its memory size to protect the host system. here is the faq https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/FAQ#wiki-what-is-the-memory-limit-on-a-node-process
Am Freitag, 7. März 2014 14:42:24 UTC+1 schrieb Karl Ostendorf: > > > On 07.03.2014, at 13:13, greelgorke <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > there is a cap of how much memory v8 can handle, it's about 1,7GB > > > Care to explain? Normally an app has access to as much RAM as it can > acquire. > > > -- > karl | [email protected] <javascript:> | https://ostendorf.com/ > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
