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Typical error message found in the LUSAS Solver text output file (*.OUT):

Dynamic memory request for XX.00 MBytes , Failed
***DATABASE ERROR*** Unable to expand memory. Address space full
***FATAL ERROR*** Insufficient Memory Resources to Continue - System Aborting


Most common causes & links to solutions 

This message is caused by a lack of space available for the virtual memory ("Windows swap/ page file") on your PC.  There are several reasons why your PC may run out of space for virtual memory, these are listed with suitable solutions below:

PC settings may cause temporary files to clash with virtual memory

  1. Relocate or re-size PC virtual memory

  2. Relocate LUSAS temporary files

  3. Relocate Windows temporary files

  4. Choosing values for LUSAS Modeller memory allocation / Choosing values for LUSAS Solver memory allocation

PC  hard drive may be getting full

  1. Clear temporary files, and delete, archive or compress files on the drive as appropriate to make space.

  2. Options specific to Eigenvalue analyses

  3. Reduce the size of the results files (*.MYS and *.OUT)

Still encountering problems?  Try the database error checklist


More on cause & theory links

The operating system swap/ page file is used by LUSAS Solver and expanded automatically. For some LUSAS analyses, the virtual memory requirements can be quite significant such that all free space on the disk or partition to which the swap/page file is currently being written (typically the C:\ drive on a PC) may become exhausted.  In order to understand the cause of this error more fully, you may wish to read the following theory pages:

More on how LUSAS uses PC resources

During solution LUSAS uses temporary files and also produces *.OUT and *.MYS files.  In large models, these files can be of significant size (up to 8GB is possible) and they may take up space on the disk, limiting space available for the operating system swap/ page file.  Solutions relevant to this particular problem are among those listed above.


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