2013/6/27 Stephan Eggermont <stephan@stack.nl>:
Kilon wrote:
I have read that already Pharo VM has some restrictions on how much ram an image can use. Obviously even for >todays standard 4GBs for a single app is a bit excessive but if pharo apps continue to grow in complexity and we >start to venture in areas of demanding ram needs , then it wont be hard to brake that 4GB barrier.
Why? It takes me less than 20 minutes to run out of available ram now, even though my machine has 8 times more. On current hardware, 512GB is a more reasonable maximum size for a single app. Pharo apps have needed more than 4GB for as long as Pharo exists, nearly all Moose applications are strongly limited by it.
512 GB is "reasonable" maximum for a single threaded app? Certainly it is "reasonable" high! :-) Altough I think 4GB might be small, for me it is better to think about scaling out, instead of up. Regards,