[GIS] Increasing/allocating RAM for ArcGIS usage

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In my x64 laptop I have 16G of RAM.
I see arcGIS is using 4G, I have 11G of RAM available.
Also, I was trying to process an 8G raster and I've got a not enough memory error.

Is there anyway I can make more RAM allocate/available for arcGIS usage?

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Although your Windows installation is 64-bit, ArcGIS Desktop is still 32-bit software and can't use more than 4GB of RAM in a single process. However, you can install the ArcGIS 64-bit Background Geoprocessing addon, that will let you run most geoprocessing tools in 64-bit mode and they can use more than 4GB RAM in that case. There are some exceptions, but it doesn't look like they'll be a problem in your case:

Tools that do not run in the background include the following:

Tools inside the Metadata conversion toolset

Tools inside the Geodatabase administration toolset

All Coverage tools Tools which create packages

Graphing tools (64-bit geoprocessing only; these tools work in traditional 32-bit background processing)

Custom script, model, or function tools where the author has disabled background processing

Just install the 64-bit geoprocessing addon for your version of ArcGIS (you need to be running v10.1 or later) and enable background geoprocessing under the Geoprocessing > Geoprocessing Options menu.

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