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SoftMemLimit
Soft memory limit
| Type: | double | |
|---|---|---|
| Default value: | Infinity | |
| Minimum value: | 0 | |
| Maximum value: | Infinity |
Limits the total amount of memory (in GB, i.e., 
bytes)
available to Gurobi. If more is needed, Gurobi will terminate with a
MEM_LIMIT status code (see the
Status Code section for further details).
In contrast to the MemLimit
parameter, the SoftMemLimit parameter leads to a graceful exit
of the optimization, such that it is possible to retrieve solution
information afterwards or (in the case of a MIP solve) resume the
optimization.
A disadvantage compared to MemLimit
is that the SoftMemLimit is only checked at places where
optimization can be terminated gracefully, so memory use may exceed
the limit between these checks.
Note that allocated memory is tracked across all models within a Gurobi environment. If you create multiple models in one environment, these additional models will count towards overall memory consumption.
Memory usage is also tracked across all threads. One consequence of this is that termination may be non-deterministic for multi-threaded runs.
For examples of how to query or modify parameter values from our different APIs, refer to our Parameter Examples.
