CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)

From Unofficial BOINC Wiki

Contents 1 General 2 Version Information 3 Example Log(s) 3.1 CreateProcess() Failed - Not Enough Storage Is Available To Process This Command 4 Other Related Messages 5 Developer Information

[edit] General

Message Type: Error Message

This Message means that the BOINC Client Software was unable to launch a new Science Application because the amount of Physical Memory is not adequate. One of the things that people sometimes forget is that there is always some irreducible minimum amount of Physical Memory that is necessary to begin a process, in this case a new Science Application.

If there was a "memory leak" in programs that were run previously, this can "consume" the memory and make it unrecoverable. This type of error is more common with older versions of Microsoft Windows® based on the Windows95® versions of the Microsoft Windows® Operating Systems.

This error can be "transient" and so the BOINC Daemon will make several attempts to recover from the problem. Each retry allows the Operating System to "prod" the Virtual Memory Manager to try to reover memory if the Physical Memory space is "fragmented" (yes, just like your hard disk, the Physical Memory can become fragmented).

[edit] Version Information

• None.

[edit] Example Log(s)

[edit] CreateProcess() Failed - Not Enough Storage Is Available To Process This Command

(1) 2005-10-11 18:52:56 [         ] Memory: 191.45 MB physical, 1.81 GB virtual
    -+-+/\/\/\/\/\ Log Break /\/\/\/\/\-+-+-
(2) 2005-10-22 17:57:00 [         ] request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
(3) 2005-10-22 18:57:01 [SETI@home] CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
(4) 2005-10-22 18:57:01 [SETI@home] CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
(5) 2005-10-22 18:57:02 [SETI@home] CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
(6) 2005-10-22 18:57:03 [SETI@home] CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
(7) 2005-10-22 18:57:03 [SETI@home] CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
(8) 2005-10-22 18:57:04 [SETI@home] Unrecoverable error for result
                                    08my04ab.25984.15954.473568.80_0
                                    (CreateProcess() failed -
                                    Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8))
(9) 2005-10-22 18:57:04 [         ] request_reschedule_cpus: start failed

Line-By-Line Explanation

1. Memory: '(memory size)' MB physical, '(memory size)' GB virtual
   • This line contains the "inventory" of the Participant's Computer's Physical Memory and Virtual Memory available.
2. request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
   • Some time later we exited a Science Application and need to start another Work Unit/Result.
3. CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
   • We tried to launch the new Science Application, but there was not enough Physical Memory remaining to allow the start of the new process.
4. CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
   • Try #2, in case this is a transient problem and the Operating System is able to recover sufficient Physical Memory to begin the new Science Application ...
5. CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
   • Try #3 ...
6. CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
   • Try #4 ...
7. CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8)
   • Try #5 ...
8. Unrecoverable error for result '(result)' (CreateProcess() failed - Not enough storage is available to process this command. (0x8))
   • Ok, time to give up ... though there is likely nothing wrong with the Work Unit/Result, let us not persist when it is possible that we would never be able to start processing.
9. request_reschedule_cpus: start failed
   • Ok, that Work Unit/Result did not work, let us try another.

[edit] Other Related Messages

• None.

[edit] Developer Information

• None.