Re: [Summary-Talk] Out of memory

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/13/04 1:06 PM Jeff Logan (jefftalk@insideout.com) wrote:

>>Summary (basic) and Summary Plus have a limit of around 600-750 Meg in
>>the database. When that fills up you get the message you mentioned. With
>>a little exploration, as described in the memory FAQ, you should be able
>>to resolve the issue, or you can upgrade to Summary SP Lite, which
>>supports databases up to 2 Gig.
>
>What is the max with Summary SP for database size?

Summary SP Lite and Summary SP are the same. Both support a database of 
up to about 2 Gig. This is a limitation imposed by 32 bit processors. 32 
bit pointers allow you to access 4 Gig of memory. Of that 1 Gig is 
reserved for the operating system and 1 Gig gets used for program code 
and temporary memory, leaving 2 Gig for the database.

When Apple gets around to supporting 64 bit programs on the G5, or when 
AMD 64 bit processors get a bit more popular, we will start thinking 
about developing a 64 bit version of Summary to support larger databases.

With a little adjustment of the appropriate settings, as discussed in the 
memory FAQ, almost everyone can get Summary's database size down enough 
that they won't even need to worry about the 600-750 Meg limit in Summary 
(basic) and Plus. This also speeds up processing a little.

Jason

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