do you have the same problem with the normal VM? On Sep 1, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Jimmie Houchin wrote:
> Hello, > > I am developing an application which processes and generates a large amount > of data. In a recent attempt I encountered an Space is Low error. > > This is occurring in a Pharo 1.1 image using the latest Pharo and Cog VMs. I > am opening the vm with the -memory: 1000 parameter. > The below code I have applied the from the Squeak list from the 100 Million > Objects thread. But the problem occurs at about 500mb of ram on a computer > with 3 (or 6) gb of ram, with only 65% of physical ram in use. The os is > Vista. > > Any help in using more memory, as much as necessary for the app, would be > greatly appreciated. > > initializeMemorySettings > "Initialize the memory and GC settings to be more in line with QF > requirements" > > "The following settings affect the rate incremental GCs and tenuring" > > "Limit incremental GC activity to run every 40k allocations" > SmalltalkImage current vmParameterAt: 5 put: 40000. "allocations between GCs > (default: 4000)" > "Limit tenuring threshold to only tenure w/ > 10k survivors" > SmalltalkImage current vmParameterAt: 6 put: 10000. "tenuring threshold > (default: 2000)" > > "These settings affect overall memory usage" > > "Only give memory back to the OS when we have more than 16MB free" > SmalltalkImage current vmParameterAt: 24 put: 16*1024*1024. "default 8MB" > "Try to keep 8MB headroom at all times" > SmalltalkImage current vmParameterAt: 25 put: 8*1024*1024. "default 4MB" > "These settings describe what to do when we're close to running out of free > space" > > "Tell the VM that we'd rather grow than spinning in tight GC loops" > SmalltalkImage current gcBiasToGrow: true. "default: false" > "Tell the VM to do a fullGC for good measure if the above growth exceeded > 16MB" > SmalltalkImage current gcBiasToGrowLimit: 16*1024*1024. "default: 0" > > Thanks, > > Jimmie Houchin > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
