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Re^3: MWORDS limits

Andrei V Scherbinin
scherb@classic.chem.msu.su


>By the way, what can I do if I need more than 268 MWORDS? What about running PC GAMESS under linux version (32 or 64 bits)?
>

AFAIK, Linux allows a process to allocate almost all of the available memory (in fact somewhat
less due to system needs).

>
>>Be careful to not allocate more memory (via MWORDS)
>>than you have physically installed on your system!

>I am agrre, but this is for performance degradation or for other reason?

This is to prevent swapping (under both Windows and Linux).


Sincerely, A.Scherb.

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