Re: [Numpy-discussion] Largest possible numpy array

2011-02-26 Thread Sturla Molden
Den 26.02.2011 16:09, skrev Jaidev Deshpande: > Hi > > How can I know the size of the largest possible 2-D array in numpy, > given a specific 'dtype' and my system memory? > The largest array size is not dicatated by system memory but virtual memory. On Windws the available virtual address space

[Numpy-discussion] Largest possible numpy array

2011-02-26 Thread Jaidev Deshpande
Hi How can I know the size of the largest possible 2-D array in numpy, given a specific 'dtype' and my system memory? How can one play around with this? Would it help to note that the array might be say *m* megabytes on disk, say, *n* % sparse? Also, is there some good literature about the large