MEMSIZE

MEMSIZE

Specifies a limit on the total amount of memory the SAS System uses at any one time

Default: 0

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation

Windows specifics: valid values

Syntax
Details

Syntax

-MEMSIZE n | nK | nM | 1G | hexX | MAX | MIN

n | nK | nM | 1G: specifies the amount of memory to reserve in multiples of 1; 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576 (megabytes); or set to 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes). For example, a value of 8 specifies 8 bytes and a value of 3M specifies 3,145,728 bytes.
1G: specifies the amount of memory to reserve is 1,073,741,824 (1 gigabyte).
hexX: specifies the amount of memory to reserve in hexadecimal. The value must be followed by an X.
MAX: specifies to set the total memory size to 2,147,483,647.
MIN: specifies to set the total memory size to 0. A value of zero indicates there is no limit except the operating system limit.

Details

The operating system may use additional amounts of memory. The memory used by the SAS system includes virtual memory and is therefore not limited to RAM. It is not recommended that you use this option under Windows except in rare cases.

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Default:	0
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Windows specifics:	valid values