Hi Don,
If the error message is about "privileged" memory, i.e. locked or
We don't actually get an error message. What we see is the system
gradually losing free memory whilst running batch jobs, until such
point where it begins swapping like mad and performance plummets
(this happens on al
Glenn,
If the error message is about "privileged" memory, i.e. locked or
pinned memory, on Solaris you can increase the amount of available
privileged memory by editing the /etc/project file on the nodes.
Amount available (example of typical value is 900MB):
% prctl -n project.max-device-locked-
Hi George,
Allocating memory is one thing. Being able to use it it's a
completely different story. Once you allocate the 8GB array can you
fill it with some random values ? This will force the kernel to
really give you the 8GB of memory. If this segfault, then that's the
problem. If not ... the