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.