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"## My kernel has crashed. What do I do?"
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"The Digital Earth Africa Sandbox has a finite amount of processing power allocated to each user. This means if you attempt to load or calculate a lot of data, the kernel may crash. You will see a message like this:\n",
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"![Kernel error](_static/faq-kernel-restart.PNG){ width=\"300px\" }\n",
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"You will not lose any files, but will have to rerun your notebook to continue working. However, if the notebook is still demanding too many resources, it will crash again.\n",
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"You can prevent kernel crashes by:\n",
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"* Decreasing the area selected for data processing\n",
"* Shortening the time extent\n",
"* Shutting down kernels of notebooks you have finished using: open the notebook and select **Kernel -> Shut Down Kernel**\n",
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"These actions reduce the memory load of your computation on the Sandbox."
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