get_peak_mem_usage¶
- lsst.utils.usage.get_peak_mem_usage() tuple[astropy.units.quantity.Quantity, astropy.units.quantity.Quantity]¶
Report peak memory usage.
- Returns:
- peak_main:
astropy.units.Quantity Peak memory usage (maximum resident set size) of the calling process.
- peak_child:
astropy.units.Quantity Peak memory usage (resident set size) of the largest child process.
- peak_main:
Notes
Function reports peak memory usage using the maximum resident set size as a proxy. As such the value it reports is capped at available physical RAM and may not reflect the actual maximal value.