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Is there a limit on the amount of memory/RAM FME 2016 32Bit can utilise on a machine?

  • October 20, 2016
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Hi All,

I'm currently running several memory hungry models using FME 2016 32Bit (as I'm using ESRI software therefore 64bit is unsuitable), but I keep getting the 'Translation Failed' due to memory issues. Just to clarify, I only run one at a time and have had to break them down in order for them to complete. I've attached an image of the memory available on my machine and am unable to find a reason as to why it's failing. I've been monitoring the memory usage throughout and at most the models are utilising 10-20% of the available memory. Is there a cap on what FME can utilise?

Any recommendations greatly appreciated.

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    rylanatsafe
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    • rylanatsafeSafer
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    • October 20, 2016

    Please refer to this question posted by another member of the FME Community: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/2319/fme-32-bit-vs-64-bit.html

     

     

    32-bit FME will only be able to access ~4GB of memory on a 64-bit OS. This is a limitation of 32-bit applications.

     

     

    You might need to split the workspaces into different components, or reduce feature input, so that FME doesn't hit this cap during translation.
    david_r
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    • david_rCelebrity
    • October 21, 2016

    I'll add that if you're running reasonably recent versions of FME and ArcGIS, there's a decent chance that you could make it work with the 64-bit versions.

    For more details: https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/1517/notes-on-fme-and-esri-versions-and-compatibility.html

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    • choskins93
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    • October 21, 2016

    Thanks everyone. I'm writing out to ArcSDE therefore only using the 32bit version. I may try the 64 bit but write out to a fileGDB instead and then move the final data across.

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