[R] R Memory Issues

[Patrick Burns]

You are on a 64-bit machine, but are
you using 64-bit R?

Are you using memory intensive constructs
like those discussed in Circle 2 of
'The R Inferno'?

http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf

Pat

On 20/05/2012 17:09, Emiliano Zapata wrote:
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> From: Emiliano Zapata<ezapataika at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:09 PM
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>
> 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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