Re: st: RE: Memory usage in Stata 11 and 12

[roland andersson <rolandersson@gmail.com>]

Thank you Jan

This answers my first question. I was aware of the limits of 32-bit OS
but thought it was larger than 2.1GB. I obviously have more memory
available which I thought would have at least some impact as WinXP 32
bit can adress 4GB.

I think there are possibilities to force Windows XP to load processes
during the boot-process to upper memory in a better fashion, ie the
/3GB parameter in boot.ini but would like an advice by someone more
experienced before I start experimenting.

Now waiting for information about Stata 12 as it seems to use memory
differently than previous version.

Regards

Roland Andersson


2011/7/29 Jan Bryla <JBR@finansraadet.dk>:
> See http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/winmemory.html as a start.
>
> /Jan
>
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> Sent: 29. juli 2011 09:03
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> Subject: st: Memory usage in Stata 11 and 12
>
> I found 1 MB of memory laying around at home and upgraded my laptop
> Lenovo T400 from 2 GB to 3 GB RAM. However, this did not have any
> effect on the available memory for Stata11. I could adress 1200 MB
> both before and after the upgrade. I am using Windows XP 32-bit.
>
> Is there any utility for windows that can help me find a way to make
> more room for Stata? I know that I can use msconfig to block out some
> processes, but it is difficult to know what processes that is not
> necessary. I would rather have a utility that can decide where the
> processes are loaded. Another possibility would be to load Stata early
> during the boot process. Is that possible?
>
> I have also had the experience that Stata had less memory available
> after upgrading from Stata 9 to Stata 11. I wonder if Stata 12 is more
> efficient in memory usage? If I upgrade will I have more, or less,
> memory available for data, or does Stata still need uninterrupetd
> memoryblocks?
>
> Roland Andersson
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