Did you have to use a particular filename? or extension. I created a similar file but then could not read it back in
Steve On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Djordje Bajic <je.li....@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been investigating and I partially respond myself. I tried the > packages 'bigmemory' and 'ff' and for me the latter did the work I need > pretty straightforward. I create the array in filebacked form with the > function ff, and it seems that the usual R indexing works well. I have yet > to see the limitations, but I hope it helps. > > a foo example: > > myArr <- ff(NA, dim=rep(904,3), filename="arr.ffd", vmode="double") > myMat <- matrix(1:904^2, ncol=904) > for ( i in 1:904 ) { > myArr[,,i] <- myMat > } > > Thanks all, > > 2012/2/11 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > > > On 12-02-10 9:12 AM, Djordje Bajic wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am trying to fill a 904x904x904 array, but at some point of the loop R > >> states that the 5.5Gb sized vector is too big to allocate. I have looked > >> at > >> packages such as "bigmemory", but I need help to decide which is the > best > >> way to store such an object. It would be perfect to store it in this > >> "cube" > >> form (for indexing and computation purpouses). If not possible, maybe > the > >> best is to store the 904 matrices separately and read them individually > >> when needed? > >> > >> Never dealed with such a big dataset, so any help will be appreciated > >> > >> (R+ESS, Debian 64bit, 4Gb RAM, 4core) > >> > > > > I'd really recommend getting more RAM, so you can have the whole thing > > loaded in memory. 16 Gb would be nice, but even 8Gb should make a > > substantial difference. It's going to be too big to store as an array > > since arrays have a limit of 2^31-1 entries, but you could store it as a > > list of matrices, e.g. > > > > x <- vector("list", 904) > > for (i in 1:904) > > x[[i]] <- matrix(0, 904,904) > > > > and then refer to entry i,j,k as x[[i]][j,k]. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.