Ok thanks, I was afraid it was something on my system or the like. I don't always need twice as much, but always quite a bit more
Louis On 14-06-12 05:53 AM, Colin Hercus wrote: > Hi Louis, > > Same here. It seems to use twice what you would expect from the settings. > > Colin > > > On 11 June 2014 20:16, Louis Letourneau <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > When I use samtools 0.1.19 multithreaded sort > > samtools sort -@ 3 -m 5000M > > I expect the process to use between 15-20Gb (I don't know if it's 3 > worker threads plus a main thread or not...) > > > But often the process climbs up to 30Gbm which is almost twice what's > expected! > > Any ideas why? > > Have others have had this issue? > > Thanks > Louis > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > _______________________________________________ > Samtools-help mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/samtools-help > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Samtools-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/samtools-help
