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    Hi Mollie,<br>
    This topic seems to be frequently asked about, so I'll add something
    about it to the ADMB FAQ: <a
      href="http://admb-project.org/documentation/faq">http://admb-project.org/documentation/faq</a><br>
    This values should be in Bytes, so your arrmblsize = 800000000000
    Bytes = 800000000000/(1024^2) = 762939.5 MB = 800000000000/(1024^3)
    = 745 GB, which is surely more memory than your cluster has
    available.<br>
    <br>
    However, depending on the compiler, any value greater than 2^31 for
    any of these inputs will be truncated, rounded, or otherwise produce
    unpredictable results. Allan Hicks and I did some work on this topic
    which is available at <a
      href="http://admb-project.org/community/benchmarks/compilers">http://admb-project.org/community/benchmarks/compilers</a><br>
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    -Ian<br>
    <br>
    On 9/10/2010 12:11 PM, Mollie Brooks wrote:
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      type="cite">Hi all,
      <div>I'm not very good at understanding hardware. </div>
      <div>I'm running ADMB on a cluster and have to specify how much
        memory to allocate.</div>
      <div>If my ADMB code has the lines</div>
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        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>arrmblsize
          = 800000000000;</div>
        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>gradient_structure::set_GRADSTACK_BUFFER_SIZE(1.e7);</div>
        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>gradient_structure::set_CMPDIF_BUFFER_SIZE(1.e7);</div>
        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>gradient_structure::set_MAX_NVAR_OFFSET(5000);</div>
        <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>gradient_structure::set_NUM_DEPENDENT_VARIABLES(5000);</div>
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        <div>How do I translate this into Megabytes?</div>
        <div>thanks,</div>
        <div>Mollie</div>
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                <div>Mollie Brooks</div>
                <div>Ph.D. Candidate</div>
                <div>NSF IGERT Fellow</div>
                <div>Biology Department</div>
                <div>University of Florida</div>
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