Importer Ice.MemoryLimitException

[ncweiler]

Hi! I'm trying to import relatively large multi-channel zvi files (~300 MB), and am running into the Ice.MemoryLimitException in Omero importer.

I've tried increasing the java memory limits in the client plist files to 8000 M (my machine has 32 GB), as several other discussions here suggested, but doesn't the Iciness of the error suggest that this is a server issue rather than a client issue? I'm not very familiar with the architecture, but that's what I'm guessing at. I can't find a reference for how to increase the memory available to the server, however - how would I go about doing that? Are there other possible explanations, or am I just running into a ceiling of Omero Importer's memory usage?

fyi - I'm working on Mac OS 10.5 with Java version 1.6.0 (64 bit).

Thanks for your help!

[cxallan]

Unfortunately Ice.MemoryLimitException has nothing to do with Java heap size. It's a configurable limit imposed by the remoting library we use, Ice, to ensure that the server does not have to decode huge buffers that may run it out of memory.

The best solution to your problem is our current work in Big Images:

http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/ticket/1950

However this functionality will only be available in the next version of OMERO. In the mean time it'd help us if you could send us the ZVI file for us to validate for you. You can do this here:

http://qa.openmicroscopy.org.uk/qa/upload/

Let us know if you have any questions.

-Chris