Error: Memory Full

Error:                            

Memory Full.  Identity Finder is unable to search because Windows cannot allocate memory to this process.  To continue the search, Save your existing results or Exit Identity Finder and select fewer search locations.  Note: You will be unable to start or resume a search until more memory is available.

Cause:

By default, Identity Finder clients store all of their search results in memory for fast access to reports and to maintain the parent/child relationship of results per location.  For most usage scenarios this default report is desired, however, when searching large amounts of data such as a file server, memory may become full as Identity Finder is limited by the amount of memory that Windows can allocate to its process (2 GB maximum) which is further reduced by the amount of contiguous memory blocks that are required at different times to hold results and perform searching.

Resolution:         

There are several options to resolve this situation:

1. Reduce the amount of results that are displayed by Identity Finder (and thus consuming memory).  If the full list of identity matches in each location is not required (for example, if there are 5 SSNs it needs to be reviewed just the same as if there are 50,000 SSNs).  Limit the display to a small number such as 1 or 5.
2. Reduce the scope of the search.  Search for fewer identity types by disabling one or more AnyFinds or searching fewer locations so that less results are found; break the search down into subsets and run multiple searches to cover the whole target area.  Use the Custom Folder list for this purpose.
3. Use the on-disk database option rather than storing results in memory.  This last option will change the user experience and limit some functionality, but will allow Identity Finder to hold an amount of results much larger than can be held in memory. 

Applies To:          

Identity Finder Professional Edition (Windows)
Identity Finder Enterprise Client (Windows)

Related Links: 

Identity Finder Client Out of Memory

Limiting the Display When Maximum Matches is Reached

Managing Advanced Options