Memory Requirements

The actual swap (or paging) space needed to process your data generally depends on the size of the dataset.

It will also depend on the probe performance settings. In general, the greater the FV_PROBE_PERFORMANCE variable, the greater the memory requirements [in MB] for AcuFieldView.

For 64-bit systems with FV_PROBE_PERFORMANCE =2:
All other structured grid datasets
1400 + 1.4 x 10-4 x number of nodes
FV-UNS native binary/unformatted
1400 + 1.3 x 10-4 x number of elements
All other unstructured
1400 + 2.1 x 10-4 x number of elements
With DataGuide ™:
All other structured grid datasets
1400 + 4.0 x 10-5 x number of nodes
FV-UNS native binary/unformatted
1400 + 0.9 x 10-5 x number of elements
All other unstructured
1400 + 9.0 x 10-5 x number of elements

These formulas are approximations. Memory requirements will depend on the structure of your dataset, especially for larger values of FV_PROBE_PERFORMANCE. For best performance, the amount of random access memory (RAM) available should be equal to at least half of the memory requirements shown above.