--max-old-space-size always reaches the maximum amount of memory and crashes.

[joaodornas]

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Dear Friend,

I am trying to install Matlab Production Server R2018a. It uses a Http Server using Node.js v8.
When I try to install, and the Matlab installation runs the command Node.exe, the installation crashes with the commom error of GC (Garbage Collection) telling that it reached the maximum amount of memory available.
I tried several times to use the option --max-old-space-size, with several options of memory size, running from 1GB of RAM to even 12GB of RAM and the Node application always reaches the maximum value and crashes.
I am using a Windows 10 Pro in a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V running in a Windows Server 2016.
Anybody knows what I can do and whether this is a bug or not?

Thank you for your help,

best regards,

Joao V Dornas

[mscdex]

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[joaodornas]

Dear mscdex,

is it not the case the problem I am reporting is a bug? I posted this message on Stackoverflow, Mathworks webiste and Node.js website and nobody has a clue about it.

best regards,

Joao

[mscdex]

There is no evidence that this is a bug in node core. The most likely issue is that whatever script being run by node is consuming too much memory and never releasing any of it.

[joyeecheung]

@joaodornas It's hard to tell if it's a bug of Node.js core given the limited description in the OP, it's more likely to be a bug in the application that you are trying to run (i.e. Matlab Production Server) and must be fixed in the code that you try to run and there won't be anything actionable from our end.