[R] Unable to allocate arrays of size > 2GB in 64 bit Windows 7 R

[Uwe Ligges]

Do you use a 64-bit version of R? I suspect you are using a 32-bit 
build. The R-2.12.0 installer comes with binaries for both architectures.

Uwe Ligges

On 25.10.2010 04:25, Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha wrote:
> I seem Unable to allocate arrays of size>  around 2GB in 64 bit Windows 7
> R. There is a lot of main memory available. The memory.limit is set to the
> max memory available, and there is more than 10GB of that available when R
> returns an 'unable to allocate memory' error.   Is this a limitation of R
> even in 64 bit Windows 7?  Or is there a wY to get I've this?
>
> Thanks.
>
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