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You are confusing memory (random access memory - RAM) with disk
storage space. The former is volatile, meaning it loses all data as
soon as power is removed, while the latter is non-volatile, and
stores data until deliberately erased. So long as the HDD is not
full you can store as much tick data as you like without having any
effect on the ability of your computer to run additional programs.
It is probable that TS is not releasing system resources (i.e. RAM)
when you exit from the program. This is a particular problem with
Win3.1. Check the Help....About item in your Program Manager - it
shows the free resources as a percentage. When you start WIndows
with nothing else running you will have, say, 80% free. Now run TS
and exit again. You will have perhaps 72% free. The more times you
do this the less free resources you will have. The solution is
extremely simple - exit all programs and turn the power off. Then
start again from scratch. You can just exit Windows and reboot, but
a power-down reset of your system is more certain to clear all
memory. I suggest that this should be done daily when the markets
are closed.
Bob Young
On 1 Jul 97 at 9:11, Bbbazusa@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Fellow Traders:
> Anyone help me out
> 1. I basically just run Tradestation Realtime, with BMI feed. Have no other
> programs open.
> I2. I have a Pentium 166, 3 MB hard drive, 64 RAM.
> 3. I have collected about 4-5 months of tic data, by just keeping the server
> on.
> 4. Now I cannot open Tradestation charting or any other program as the
> message comes back "Not enough free memory"
> 5. Any suggestions. Is this because there is too much data stored, hard to
> imagine with a big hard drive. I am no computer whizz.
> 6. Any suggestions as to how to manage memory, especially with the
> accumulation of tic data. Is there a time to clean up and just jettison
> data?
> Thanks in advance,
> Edgar Drew Bbbazusa@xxxxxxx
>
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