[R] Problem in executing R on server

Rolf Turner r.turner at auckland.ac.nz
Fri Jun 6 03:58:19 CEST 2008


On 6/06/2008, at 1:36 PM, Jason Lee wrote:

> Hi R-listers,
>
> I have problem in executing my R on server. It returns me
>
> Error: cannot allocate vector of size 15.8 Mb
>
> each time when i execute R on the server. But it doesnt give me any  
> problem
> when i try executing on my own Pc (except it runs extremely slow).
>
> Any pointers to this? I tried to read the FAQ on this issue before  
> in the
> archive but it seems there is no one solution to this. I tried to
> simplified my code but it seems the problem is still the same.

Might it be the case that there is a .RData on the server which contains
a god-awful huge object?

You could try R --vanilla (I think that's the right flag!) or
move .RData to (say) save.RData before trying to start R,
and see what happens.

	cheers,

		Rolf Turner

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