[R] R Memory Issues

Jeff Newmiller jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us
Sun May 20 19:44:41 CEST 2012


http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#There-seems-to-be-a-limit-on-the-memory-it-uses_0021

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Emiliano Zapata <ezapataika at gmail.com> wrote:

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>From: Emiliano Zapata <ezapataika at gmail.com>
>Date: Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:09 PM
>Subject:
>To: R-help at r-project.org
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a 64 bits machine (Windows) with a total of 192GB of physical
>memory
>(RAM), and total of 8 CPU. I wanted to ask how can I make R make use of
>all
>the memory. I recently ran a script requiring approximately 92 GB of
>memory
>to run, and got the massage:
>
>  cannot allocate memory block of size 2.1 Gb
>
>
>
>I read on the web that if you increase the memory you have to reinstall
>R;
>would that be enough. Could I just increase the memory manually.
>
>
>Take you for any comments, or links on the web.
>
>
>EZ
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