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Problem Note 44256: In SAS® 9.3, setting MEMSIZE system option to values of 0 or MAX results in a value of 2G
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If you are running SAS® 9.3 in a UNIX environment and you set the value of the MEMSIZE system option to 0 or MAX, the value will be set to 2G. Insufficient memory errors could result.
To circumvent the problem, specify a reasonable value that is less than the UNIX server's physical memory.
Note that Metadata Server processes are typically
started with a specification of -MEMSIZE 0.
If a value larger than 2G is required, modify the setting
in the MetadataServer.sh start-up script.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||