# Plugin error : Unable to allocate 3.97 GiB

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-unable-to-allocate-3-97-gib/20337
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** taxonomy, feature-classifier, feature-table
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-unable-to-allocate-3-97-gib/20337 "2021-07-30T01:40:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![songhee](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@songhee](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/songhee)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-unable-to-allocate-3-97-gib/20337/1 "2021-07-30T01:40:47Z")

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![plugin error](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/c/cf29ae50828b63d902761cd73247798220244587.png)

I am trying to run a trained Silva classifier.  
Greengene runs, but Silva throws an error like that.

My computer's RAM capacity is 8 Gib.  
Is that error a problem with the amount of RAM in my computer?

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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-unable-to-allocate-3-97-gib/20337/2 "2021-07-30T17:20:43Z")

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2 off-topic replies have been merged into an existing topic: [Fail to train feature classifier from EzBiocloud database (unable to allocate 3.92 GiB for array with shape)](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/fail-to-train-feature-classifier-from-ezbiocloud-database-unable-to-allocate-3-92-gib-for-array-with-shape/20344)

Please keep replies on-topic in the future.

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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/plugin-error-unable-to-allocate-3-97-gib/20337/3 "2021-07-30T17:20:43Z")

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