Hi Russ,
I'm assuming you've got loads of RAM and swap on your machines. The next
thing to note is that you probably have a 2GB limit on any single process
in Linux (though I've got a feeling you can tune the kernel to increase
that). If your Linux is working correctly it should not be impossible for
a single process to crash the kernel, so you may have a hardware problem
(eg the OS not dealing correctly with ultra-fast RAM) - we have seen that
in certain Linux systems.
In general, on a new PC you should aim to have at least 512MB RAM (>1GB
preferable) and for big analyses you may as well set up at least 6GB swap.
Does this help at all? Cheers, Steve.
On Wed, 5 May 2004, Russ Poldrack wrote:
> Howdy FSLers,
> People in our group have been having substantial problems with larger
> FSL analyses, getting unexpected crashes and sometimes even causing our
> Linux boxes to reboot, which I think is quite a feat! These problems
> seem to be related to RAM exhaustion, so I'm wondering if there is a
> general consensus on how much RAM one generally needs for FSL use,
> particularly for FLAME analyses. Thanks in advance for any advice you
> might have.
>
> cheers
> russ
>
>
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> Russell A. Poldrack, Ph.D.
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Stephen M. Smith DPhil
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Oxford University Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain
John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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