ucar.unidata.idv

Class SystemMemoryManager

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.idv.SystemMemoryManager

public class SystemMemoryManager
extends java.lang.Object

Global to deal with IDV command line memory settings.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	MAXIMUM_MEMORY Maximum memory for the IDV.
static long	MINIMUM_MEMORY Minimum memory for the IDV.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	checkAndRepair(long memory) Check and repair memory settings
static long	convertToNumber(int percent) Convenience method.
static float	convertToPercent(long memory) Convenience method.
static long	getDefaultMemory() The default when the user first starts up should be to use 80% between the "low and high-water mark", but they should be allowed to increase that to 100% of the high-water mark.
static long	getTotalMemory() For 32 bit OS, the total should be the minimum of the (total system memory - 512Mb) and 1536MB.
static boolean	isMemoryAvailable() Checks if is memory is available for this JVM.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MINIMUM_MEMORY

public static final long MINIMUM_MEMORY

Minimum memory for the IDV.

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Constant Field Values

MAXIMUM_MEMORY

public static final long MAXIMUM_MEMORY

Maximum memory for the IDV. This is a soft limit. Users can still shoot themselves in the foot by manually adjusting higher via the edit preferences menu.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

isMemoryAvailable

public static boolean isMemoryAvailable()

Checks if is memory is available for this JVM.

Returns:

true, if memory is available

getTotalMemory

public static long getTotalMemory()

For 32 bit OS, the total should be the minimum of the (total system memory - 512Mb) and 1536MB. On 64-bit systems, it should be the total system memory-512Mb. If the total system memory is not available -1. Probably should call isMemoryAvailable() first. Must return at least 512.

Returns:

Return the total memory in megabytes, if available.

getDefaultMemory

public static long getDefaultMemory()

The default when the user first starts up should be to use 80% between the "low and high-water mark", but they should be allowed to increase that to 100% of the high-water mark. There are a couple of exceptions to the 80% heuristic. The amount of memory returned will never be < 512GB, and never > 3GB. Also, if on 32 bit OS be conservative and choose 70%. For example, if we have 32 bit windows with 1536 of memory, the result will be 1229.

Returns:

the default memory

convertToPercent

public static float convertToPercent(long memory)

Convenience method. Convert memory to percent.

Parameters:

memory - the memory

Returns:

the percent or -1

convertToNumber

public static long convertToNumber(int percent)

Convenience method. Convert memory percent to number.

Parameters:

percent - the percent

Returns:

the number or -1

checkAndRepair

public static long checkAndRepair(long memory)

Check and repair memory settings

Parameters:

memory - the memory setting

Returns:

the memory (fixed if necessary).