[R] It is possible to Expand RAM with HD space?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Uwe Ligges wrote:

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> Jorge Cornejo-Donoso wrote:
>> I'm using R in a winXp machine. I have problems with the size of my database
>> (xyz), anyone know if is possible to use some kind of swap memory, in order
>> to expand my real RAM and use HD space for the processes?
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> This is done automatically by your operating system. You do not need to
> care about it.

Except perhaps that on his OS it is limited to 2GB, which can be increased 
to 3GB in some circumstances (see the rw-FAQ Q2.9).  And anyone using 
less than 2GB RAM at current prices (except perhaps on a laptop) and is
running out of RAM needs to buy some more: *far* cheaper than buying SAS.


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> Uwe Ligges
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>> I'm trying to make a variogram, and I don't want to sacrifice the precision
>> of the data, e.g. using mean or median by defined pixels or something like
>> that (now I have to do that, or use other software like SAS).
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>> Thanks in advance!
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