Re: [Numpy-discussion] memmap limits

2009-11-20 Thread Francesc Alted
A Thursday 19 November 2009 00:48:13 Robert Kern escrigué: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:43, Mathew Yeates wrote: > > What limits are there on file size when using memmap? > > With a modern filesystem, usually you are only limited to the amount > of contiguous free space in your process's current

Re: [Numpy-discussion] memmap limits

2009-11-18 Thread Robert Kern
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:50, Mathew Yeates wrote: > for a 64 bit machine does this mean I am limited to 4 GB? It depends not just on what your CPU is capable of, but also your OS and how your Python was built. If all three of those are 64-bit capable, you should be able to address a lot more th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] memmap limits

2009-11-18 Thread Mathew Yeates
for a 64 bit machine does this mean I am limited to 4 GB? -Mathew On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:43, Mathew Yeates wrote: > > What limits are there on file size when using memmap? > > With a modern filesystem, usually you are only limited to th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] memmap limits

2009-11-18 Thread Robert Kern
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:43, Mathew Yeates wrote: > What limits are there on file size when using memmap? With a modern filesystem, usually you are only limited to the amount of contiguous free space in your process's current address space. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the who

[Numpy-discussion] memmap limits

2009-11-18 Thread Mathew Yeates
What limits are there on file size when using memmap? -Mathew ___ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion