Hi Mitch, Are you on a 32 bit machine or a 64 bit machine? If its 32 you might want to upgrade that as well. You can also try lowering the Xmx to 2500M but it’ll be tight.
Cheers, Britt Britt Fitch Wired Informatics 265 Franklin St Ste 1702 Boston, MA 02110 http://wiredinformatics.com britt.fi...@wiredinformatics.com > On Mar 16, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Fawcett, Mitch <mfawc...@christianacare.org> > wrote: > > Pei, > > Thank you. That answers my questions. > > I think my real issue lies with my computer only having 4 GB ram with 2.88 GB > available when I run cTakes. I am getting a vm creation error > > C:\apache-ctakes-3.2.1>cd C:\apache-ctakes-3.2.1 > > C:\apache-ctakes-3.2.1>java -cp > "C:\apache-ctakes-3.2.1/desc/;C:\apache-ctakes-3 > .2.1/resources/;C:\apache-ctakes-3.2.1/lib/*" > -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/C:\apa > che-ctakes-3.2.1/config/log4j.xml -Xms512M -Xmx3G > org.apache.uima.tools.cvd.CVD > > Error occurred during initialization of VM > Could not reserve enough space for object heap > Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. > Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. > > > I am putting in a request from our IT department for more ram and I was > debating how much to ask for. > > Thanks > > Mitch Fawcett, MBA > Senior Systems Analyst > 13 Read's Way, Suite 202 > New Castle, DE 19720 > Voice 302 327-5192 > mfawc...@christianacare.org > > > > Mitch Fawcett, MBA > Senior Systems Analyst > 13 Read's Way, Suite 202 > New Castle, DE 19720 > Voice 302 327-5192 > mfawc...@christianacare.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pei Chen [mailto:chen...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 10:00 PM > To: dev@ctakes.apache.org > Subject: Re: cTakes setup > > Mitch, > -The dev@ and user@ mailing lists are archived and searchable; it is probably > the best for searching archived discussions. > -Could you clarify what you are trying to achieve or the issue that you are > experiencing with the -Xmx? There are models and dictionaries that get > loaded into memory- it's defaulted to 3gb to accommodate those. > Increasing it may or may not improve performance; in fact it may even > decrease it since it may cause more work on the GC. Also, include the > version and the pipeline configuration that you are using and the group may > have some suggestions. > --Pei > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Fawcett, Mitch <mfawc...@christianacare.org >> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm brand new to cTakes but I'm really excited about experimenting >> with it and developing a Proof of Value demo for my colleagues. >> >> I have a couple of questions. >> >> 1) I see that runctakesCVD.bat sets a maximum heap space of 3 gigabytes. >> Is that a number that can/should be increased to improve performance? >> >> 2) Are there discussion threads archived somewhere where I can look >> for answers before asking questions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mitch Fawcett, MBA >> Senior Systems Analyst >> 13 Read's Way, Suite 202 >> New Castle, DE 19720 >> Voice 302 327-5192 >> mfawc...@christianacare.org >> >> >> >> >> >>
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