> >
>  If you have 28GB of RAM, I'll assume that you have a 64bits CPU
> (since 32bits CPU are limited to 4GB). *But* do you also have a
> 64bits version of linux? If you don't, any application you run will
> be limited to either 2 or 3GB (depending on some kernel options) no
> matter how much physical RAM/swap are available...
>
>   Jerome
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Thanks for responding.

Yes, the machine I'm rendering on is:


2 processors in one small chassis

Although even if memory was restricted to 2 or 3GB as in your hypothetical,
I would think a 500MB dataset wouldnt overflow that.  But anyway, all
64-bit here.

Any other ideas? :-(

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