We've started using cgroups and m_mem_free to accomplish this, using UGE 8.1.7.
On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 02:30:46PM -0400, Michael Stauffer wrote: > OGS/GE 2011.11p1 > > Hi, > > Is there an alternative to h_vmem that checks resident memory rather than > virtual? I'd like a consumable that kills a job when it oversteps its > requested memory quota, so h_vmem is great. But I'm having trouble with > Matlab (and maybe other apps, haven't checked fully yet) which at startup, > allocates a somewhat-variable large amount of VIRT memory (~4G) but little > RES memory (~300M) (according to 'top'). > > Matlab's java environment is allocating most of the virtual memory, but > they can't tell me a way to limit this. In any case this large VIRT value > makes it impossible to set a smaller default h_vmem value because Matlab > won't launch. > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > -M > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
