[R-sig-Geo] getValues: error extracting values of large raster

[Alexander.Herr at csiro.au]

Hello,
I am getting the following:


While extracting all values with: 
> rs<-getValues(rster)

Error in getRasterData(con, offset = offs, region.dim = reg, band = object at data@band): long vectors not supported yet: memory.c:3308

> rster
class       : RasterLayer 
dimensions  : 76740, 80200, 6154548000  (nrow, ncol, ncell)
resolution  : 50, 50  (x, y)
extent      : -1888000, 2122000, -4847000, -1010000  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
coord. ref. : +proj=aea +lat_1=-18 +lat_2=-36 +lat_0=0 +lon_0=132 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs 
data source : /data/her134/BA/GDA94albers/clum50m0314 
names       : clum50m0314 
values      : 100, 663  (min, max)
attributes  :
        ID  COUNT LU_CODEV7 LU_CODEV7N                                  TERTIARY_V7
 from: 100 540931     1.0.0        100  1.0.0 Conservation and natural environments
 to  : 663   1755     6.6.3        663 6.6.3 Estuary/coastal waters - intensive use
                              SECONDARY_V7                              PRIMARY_V7 CLASSES_18
 1.0 Conservation and natural environments 1 Conservation and natural environments          1
                6.6 Estuary/coastal waters                                 6 Water         17
           C18_DESCRIPTION
 Nature conservation (1.1)
               Water (6.0)



Using:
platform       x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu    
arch           x86_64                      
os             linux-gnu                   
system         x86_64, linux-gnu           
status                                     
major          3                           
minor          1.0                         
year           2014                        
month          04                          
day            10                          
svn rev        65387                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10)
nickname       Spring Dance        

raster version 2.2.31

Linux:
LSB Version:	core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID:	SUSE LINUX
Description:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
Release:	11
Codename:	n/a


I used to be able to handle this sized raster in earlier versions. Any ideas of a workaround?

Cheers and thanks
Herry