Date:         Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:28:04 -0800
Reply-To:     "Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)" <NordlDJ@DSHS.WA.GOV>
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From:         "Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)" <NordlDJ@DSHS.WA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: available memory (windows) for sas
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Gregg Snell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:53 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: available memory (windows) for sas
>
> Below is the output from the mem command on my laptop.  If my
> SAS system
> option is memsize=0 (for max) would that be 598288 or something else?
> Properties from "my computer" shows 2gb ram.
>
> C:>mem
>     655360 bytes total conventional memory
>     655360 bytes available to MS-DOS
>     598288 largest executable program size
>
>    1048576 bytes total contiguous extended memory
>          0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
>     941056 bytes available XMS memory
>            MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
>
>
>
Gregg,

Don't pay too much attention to the output of the mem command.  It is an old command that doesn't provide useful information with more up-to-date Windows versions (like 2000, XP, Vista).  You should have more than 1 GB available for SAS, depending on what the OS takes for itself and whether you are running any other tasks simultaneously.

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Research and Data Analysis
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Olympia, WA  98504-5204