memory limits....

[dave at math.mit.edu (David Backeberg)]

There are limits hiding out in all kinds of places, you just don't run 
into most of them on a daily basis. You have to figure out which limit
you're bumping against:

what language?
what compiler?
what architecture?

There are limits in data structures, data types within a language, kernel 
versions, filesystems, compilers, blah, blah, blah.

What happens when you hit your limit? The system grinds to a halt? It 
core dumps?

-- 
David Backeberg (dave at math.mit.edu)
Network Staff Assistant
MIT Math Dept.
Rm. 2-332            (617) 253-4995

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Stephen Adler wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I seem to be running into memory allocation limits a bit greater than
> 2.4 Gigabytes. Does anyone know if there are any kernel level
> limits on how much memory a user can malloc in user space?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers. Steve.
>
> P.S. I'm running Redhat enterprise 3 2.4 kernel.
>
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