[Workshop-all] VM Memory/Size

Dear group,

When conducting simulations or visualizations which require a great amount of disk space, you'll want to ensure that your disk space and memory are well-managed. You may wish to issue in another terminal the command:

watch "df -h; echo; free -m"

to monitor both disk space and memory periodically. If your disk becomes full, the OS will be unable to create files. This will prevent you from logging in, as file creation is necessary for login. This is reparable without starting from scratch (see me if it happens), but the best practice is to monitor the usage. Note that if you enable shared folders, you may save simulation and visualization data outside the disk image.

Regards,

Dennis Castleberry dcastl2@tigers.lsu.edu