[R] memory, i am getting mad in reading climate data

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17.03.2012 19:27, David Winsemius wrote:
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> On Mar 17, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Amen wrote:
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>> I faced this problem when typing:
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>> temperature <- get.var.ncdf( ex.nc, 'Temperature' )
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>> *unable to allocate a vector of size 2.8 GB*
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> Read the R-Win-FAQ
 >
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>> By the way my computer memory is 4G and the original size of the file is
>> 1.4G,netcdf file

... and reading / storing the data in memory may require much more than 
4GB...

Uwe Ligges


>> I don't know what is the problem.Any suggestion please
>> I tried also
>> memory limit(4000)
>> 4000
>> but didnt solve the problem.any help
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