Available RAM calculated in otbcli processes

OTB Usage
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In many otbcli processes (e.g. otbcli_DimensionalityReduction ) I get messages such as:
Estimated memory for full processing: 4473.96MB (avail.: 128 MB), optimal image partitioning: 35 blocks

I understand I can modify the 128 MB with the -ram option, but where does this 128 MB come from? Is it fixed or is it somehow calculated using information on the current free resources of the machine?

Thanks

2

Hello,

this is a default value. Note that it has been changed to 256 MB in the develop branch (https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/orfeotoolbox/otb/merge_requests/351)

Cédric

3

But despite stating -ram 256 (in 6.6.1) I still get:
Estimated memory for full processing: 5368.62MB (avail.: 128 MB)

so it seems -ram is not being considered. Should I fill a bug ticket or am I not understanding?
Agus

4

which application are you using ? and how are you using OTB (cli, monteverdi …) ?

5

$ otbcli_DimensionalityReduction -in …/…/Bert20190531_MOS/MULTIESPECTRAL/BertMICA20190531v2.tif -out …/…/Bert20190531_MOS/MULTIESPECTRAL/BertMICA20190531v2PCAotbfloat.tif -nbcomp 5 -normalize true -rescale -rescale.outmin 1 -rescale.outmax 255 -outmatrix …/…/Bert20190531_MOS/MULTIESPECTRAL/BertMICA20190531v2PCAotb.csv -ram 256

Instead, it works for otbcli_DimensionalityReduction

6

Looks like the RAM parameters only applies to the writer of the application, i.e. the object writing the output image… You can try to set the OTB_MAX_RAM_HINT environment variable, which should work for every processes in the application.

e.g.

export OTB_MAX_RAM_HINT=256