Running out of RAM - Create new machine to increase RAM?

#1

Hi!

I’m running WebODM using Docker Toolbox on a Windows 10 Home MSI Laptop with a 7th Gen i7 CPU, 16GB of physical RAM and an Nvidia GTX1060 GPU. I got WebODM up and running following the documentation at https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/WebODM and help from @pierotofy.
But now it stops processing midway and the process exits with a code 1, saying that the processing node ran out of memory.

This is my first project with WebODM after I got it installed. I got the same error in two different scenarios:

CASE 1:

This was with 132 images in the dataset - about 37 Nadir images and the rest obique. I had unchecked the resize option and left everything else on default settings.

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CASE 2:

This was with ONLY the nadir images and I put the resize to 2000

ic-ramout-resize

When I click on the link pointing to the documentation it only shows the steps for Docker for Windows here :

After sometime on Google I came across these:

Does this mean I have to delete the current machine from docker-machine and restart the entire procedure of setting up a new machine and then allocating more memory to it and the redownloading and reinstalling ALL of WebODM?

Or is there a way where I can preserve or migrate the WebODM data from the current machine and put into a new created machine?

Thanks!

#2

Hey :raised_hand: @arunabha42 you should be able to simply power-off the “webodm” VM from VirtualBox Manager, go to the settings, (also from VirtualBox Manager) and increment the amount of RAM. Then simply start the “webodm” machine.

#3

I’m currently trialing WebODM on my Windows 10 Pro machine with 8gb RAM (I know it’s not enough I need a new machine). No problems processing sub 100 images but I think I have my Hyper-V memory settings wrong. I would only process during the night so I could dedicate all my machine’s memory to processing. My Hyper-V current settings are:
‘The amount of memory that this virtual machine can use’ = 2788mb
‘Dynamiic Memory’
enabled
Minimum RAM 512mb
Maximum RAM 1048576mb
Memory buffer 20%
‘memory weight’ slider is mid way between low and high

Please could you advise the best settings with my limited memory. Thanks

#4

The more memory the better (as long as you don’t cripple the host system). For Windows 10 I think you need to leave at least 2GB dedicated to the host.

#5

Hi Piero,
Can the amount of memory allocated be increased after installation?

#6

Sure, just power down the virtual machine, adjust the settings and start it back up.

#7

So if I have 8gb of RAM then I could allocate 6gb of memory to the virtual machine leaving 2gb to the host?