[R] Problem in executing R on server

[Ray Brownrigg]

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008, Jason Lee wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> Rolf: SessionInfo() on my server gives me :-
>
> R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-
>8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_AD
>DRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> On my Pc it gives me:-
>
> > sessionInfo()
>
> R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)
> i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-
>8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NA
>ME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATIO
>N=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] "stats"     "graphics"  "grDevices" "utils"     "datasets"  "methods"
> [7] "base"
>
>
> Ray:
> The ulimit command gives me:-
> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> max nice                        (-e) 0
> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals                 (-i) 257579
> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                      (-n) 1024
> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
> max rt priority                 (-r) 0
> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes              (-u) 257579
> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) 300000
> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>
> Is that because of Virtual memory? Because the above figure gives only 300
> 000 KB while in my Pc it is Unlimited.
>
>
> Please advise. Thanks.

Well, I thought you might be able to work this out yourself, and at least try to make both 
stacksize and virtual memory unlimited.  See man ulimit.

Ray

> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Ray Brownrigg <Ray.Brownrigg at mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
>
> wrote:
> > What does the limit (or "ulimit -a" in sh or bash) command (outside of R)
> > respond with?
> >
> > In Solaris, there can be per-user limits to memory use.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Ray Brownrigg
> >
> > On Fri, 06 Jun 2008, 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Please advise. Thanks.
> > >
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