Peak memory for "Misc."

[Dan Andersen]

I'm curious what "misc" covers, in the memory stats?

On my current sequence it accounts for more than half the total amount of memory spent - sometimes >50GB - so it would be helpful with more granular statistics to aid in optimizing.

Thanks,
Dan

[hermit.crab]

Refer to this topic for an answer.

[Dan Andersen]

Hi Aleksandar. Thanks for the link - I must've missed that thread.

So basically no one knows where my 50+ gigs of memory goes ? Or do you have some insights on what the "memory utilization without a category" _could_ in theory cover? Volume stuff? Aovs? Some acceleration structures? Cat gifs?

[hermit.crab]

The scene itself is required to determine which component is utilizing the memory, Send it via the contact form. Address it to me in the subject and include a link to this thread in the message.

[Dan Andersen]

It's a complex scene referencing many layers from various departments adding up to 100s of GBs of data and all depending on our own USD ArResolver/plugins for rendering, so it's not easy to pack up and ship out in working condition. And even if I could, our clients don't allow it.

I guess I wish "Misc." could (optionally, perhaps?) be broken down into finer bits then for more detailed diagnostics. That's a feature request

[Dan Andersen]

I'd like to dig into this a bit further, if you don't mind, hermit.crab .

If we ignore specific scenes and their memory usage for a moment: Is is possible for you to shed some light on what kind of data/structs - that VRay consumes/authors - are not currently assigned to a particular category? Any info here might help us in tracking down memory issues.

[hermit.crab]

Similar discussion here, refer to the last reply for an answer.

[Dan Andersen]

"The "Misc" category is, as I already mentioned, plugins, which do not fit into any of the listed categories (i.e. decals)"

That's frustratingly vague.

[hermit.crab]

As I already mentioned, a scene is required for more details about your project's Misc category, since the category is dependent on the specific scenario.