User Manual

Managing Bins and Memory
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To open the Hardware tool, do one of the following:
t In the Project window, click the Info tab, and then click the Hardware button.
t Select Tools > Hardware.
The Hardware tool opens.
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For more information about the Hardware tool, see “Using the Hardware Tool” on page 116.
Managing Bins and Memory
System memory usage increases depending on how many bins you have open, the number of
sequences in a bin, the number of tools that are open, and the size of a sequence. Using more
memory can slow system performance.
In the Bin tab of the Project window, a memory usage indicator increases and updates as you
open and close bins. Avid recommends that you keep memory usage below 80-85%. If you
exceed the recommended usage, a dialog box opens informing you that your memory usage is
high and recommends that you close some bins and save your project.
If your system is running low on memory and you need to free up memory, you can either close
your bins or use the Clear Memory button. If you close your bins, some of your memory remains
unavailable until you exit your Avid editing application because the online master clips remain in
memory. The Clear Memory button, however, closes and saves all of your open bins and clears
out any cached data of the online master clips.
Bins containing sequences use more memory than bins containing master clips. For bins that
contain a large number of sequences, you can free up memory and still keep your old sequences.
Create an archive bin and move older sequences that you do not use anymore to the archive bin.
Keep the archive bin closed.
To free up memory:
1. Click the Info tab of the Project window.
2. Click the Clear Memory button.
Total page file The total number of bytes stored in the paging file. The paging file is
used as virtual memory by the Windows system.
Available page file The total number of bytes available in the paging files.
Working set (minimum and maximum) The set of memory pages currently available to your Avid editing
application in RAM.
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