The maximum size of a buildable outline (the number of members) depends on several factors:
Table 200 shows the amount of addressable memory available for Essbase on supported 32-bit operating systems:
Table 200. Addressable Memory for 32-bit Operating Systems
Essbase uses about 40 MB of memory on startup. In addition, the various caches require the following memory allocations:
Therefore, the initial memory footprint for Essbase is about 90 MB. In addition, memory must be allocated to process incoming query requests. Typical memory to reserve for this purpose is about 300 MB. The total memory allocated for Essbase is therefore 390 MB.
On a Windows system with 1.85 GB of addressable memory, the amount available to build and load the outline is about 1.46 GB (1.85 GB - 390 MB = 1.46 GB).
The maximum outline size depends on whether it is built using a dimension build or from an outline already loaded into Essbase.