I have cross posted this as I am not sure where the problem or the solution lies. There seems to be a problem in the way memory is used when running Aria using CCPN data. I have run several aria jobs using my analysis project and writing the data back into analysis at the end. It has now got to the stage where starting Aria takes 24 hours on my brand new 2GB of memory dual processor machine, although this is only 7-8 minutes of elapses CPU on the python job. My analysis project directory (ie not including the spectra directory) is 637MB compared to about 250MB for the project before. However when I start an aria job python fills up the 2GB and much of the swap space and crawls. Once the CNS jobs start some of the memory is freed up and performance is OK, but even then python has large amounts of memory. Any suggestions? Nick -- Dr Nicholas H. Keep Reader in Structural Biology School of Crystallography, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury LONDON WC1E 7HX email [log in to unmask] Telephone 020-7631-6852 (Room G57 Office) 020-7631-6868 (Rosalind Franklin Laboratory) 020-7631-6800 (Department Office) Fax 020-7631-6803 If you want to access me in person you have to come to the crystallography entrance and ring me or the department office from the internal phone by the door