[vtkusers] Processing Limits of VTK?

[David E DeMarle]

Another point to consider is that, via the distributed memory parallel
extensions (turn on Group_MPI to access them), it is used in production on
supercomputers within applications like ParaView on trillions of cell sized
problems.




David E DeMarle
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On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Mathieu Westphal <
mathieu.westphal at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> There is two limits, one is your system memory, the second is vtkIdType
> size (eg: number of points/cells/rows are vtkIdType).
>
> vtkIdType can be an int, long int or long long int depending and your
> system and vtk configuration.
>
> Of course, this does not consider computation time, only actual limits.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 6 Apr 2017 9:04 pm, "Wilf Rosenbaum" <wilf.rosenbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>   I am trying to get some sense of VTKs limits from the perspective of
>> maximum data size. I am looking for theoretical limits, pointers to
>> relevant documentation and empirical tales of using VTK with large datasets
>> where VTK was successful and where it fell over. (I'm not looking to slag
>> VTK off here, and I am planning our own investigations - I am just looking
>> for the collective wisdom of the user base before we plunge in).
>> Thanks,
>> Wilf
>>
>> PS Of course I know that the answer to my broad question is "It depends
>> ..." but I am interested in hearing your practical experiences.
>>
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