I've been trying to batch render a relatively simple MASH animation with Maya Ext. 2. Rendering with Mental Ray at only 640x640 pixels, 240 frames.
While rendering Maya's memory usage starts ramping up, and after about 1-2 hours I receive a system error message - "Your system has run out of Application Memory" and Maya/the render freezes. I have to force-quit the Maya instance. I've reset the PRAM and it still happens.
I've never seen this message on a Mac (ever, let alone from rendering in Maya).
Mac OS 10.9.5, 48 GB RAM, Quad-Core Mac Pro (2008, 3,1).