[R] Memory Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

On 29.05.2012 18:52, Emiliano Zapata wrote:
> This is my current version of R:
>
> R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
> Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
> OS: Windows
>
> I get the following:
>
>> memory.size()
> [1] 23.04
>> memory.limit()
> [1] 190600
>>
>   I also have the following:
>
> C:\Users\zapatae\Desktop\Downloads\R-2.15.0\bin\x64\Rgui.exe
> --max-mem-size=190600M
>
> However, R doesn't appears to be using available memory as I keep getting
> an error that can't allocated 2.5 GB.
>
> I was wondering if there is reference discussing the issues associated with
> how R allocates memory in Windows.

If this is really a 64-bit R and you machine has really 190 Gigabytes of 
RAM, your unstated version of Windows may not support so much RAM.
Please ask your OS vendor for support.

Uwe Ligges


>
> No problems in Unix.
>
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