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| -rw-r--r-- | reproduce/config/pipeline/LOCAL.mk.in | 20 |
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diff --git a/reproduce/config/pipeline/LOCAL.mk.in b/reproduce/config/pipeline/LOCAL.mk.in index 896df2f..ac8e10e 100644 --- a/reproduce/config/pipeline/LOCAL.mk.in +++ b/reproduce/config/pipeline/LOCAL.mk.in @@ -48,3 +48,23 @@ SURVEY = reproduce/SURVEY # more easy: the contents of the build directory do not need to be backed # up since they can be reproduced and they can be large. BDIR = reproduce/BDIR + + + + + +# Memory mapping minimum size +# --------------------------- +# +# Some programs (for example Gnuastro) can deal with cases where the local +# system doesn't have enough memory (RAM) to keep large files there. For +# example, they will create memory-mapped (`mmap' for short) files on the +# HDD or SSD and read/write to them instead of RAM. This will ofcourse, +# slow down the processing, but atleast the program won't crash. +# +# Since the memory requirements of different systems are different and it +# has no effect on the software's final result, the minimum size of an +# allocated array to warrant a mapping to HDD/SSD instead of RAM must also +# be defined here. This value will be used in the programs that support +# this feature. +MINMAPSIZE = 1000000000 |