Unclear Existence of RAM Limit Default

[DarioS]

Description of the bug

The workflow isn’t using many resources (e.g. RAM / CPU)
Did you forget to set --max_cpu or --max_memory?

It is unclear if there is any limit by default or it will consume as much as necessary. If there is, it should be explicitly stated.

Command used and terminal output

No response

Relevant files

Troubleshooting section of User Guide.

System information

No response

[smlmbrt]

The defaults are set in the nextflow.config file, and they currently are:

    // Max resource options
    // Defaults only, expecting to be overwritten
    max_memory                 = '16.GB'
    max_cpus                   = 2
    max_time                   = '240.h'

I would just recommend setting these to whatever your containers allow (e.g. docker resource limits on a laptop), or for your compute cluster (see https://pgsc-calc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting.html#the-workflow-isn-t-using-many-resources-e-g-ram-cpu).