Automatic memory management
Automatic memory management means that you no longer have to set
memory and never again will you be told that there is no room because
you set too little. Stata 12 automatically adjusts memory usage up and down
according to current requirements.
Old do-files can still set memory. Stata merely responds, “set
memory ignored”.
The new memory manager is tunable. You can set a maximum memory that Stata
is to be allowed to use or a minimum that Stata should not fall below. Or
a niceness that tells Stata how soon after Stata realizes it can release
memory, it should release the memory. Sometimes memory usage falls just to
grow again, so a little delay improves performance. You can be totally nice
to other users and release memory the instant it becomes available, or
totally selfish and wait 30 minutes, or just go with the default of 1
minute.
The new memory manager has been designed to manage terabytes. As of June
2011, computers with 2 terabytes of memory have been announced, and
computers with 1 terabyte of memory are shipping.
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