Doing so will also require using the Linux version of R as there is no open source 64bit compiler to create a windows version (so I am told). Anyway, memory is getting cheap now. I got a 64bit machine from Dell with 16Gb od DDR2 for around $4000. Good luck.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uwe Ligges Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 3:42 AM To: Zoltan Kmetty Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [R] memory problem Zoltan Kmetty wrote: > Hi! > > I had some memory problem with R - hope somebody could tell me a solution. > > I work with very large datasets, but R cannot allocate enough memoty > to handle these datasets. > > I want work a matrix with row= 100 000 000 and column=10 > > A know this is 1 milliard cases, but i thought R could handle it > (other commercial software like spss could do), but R wrote out > everytime: not enough memory.. > > any good idea? Buy a machine that has at least 8Gb (better 16Gb) of RAM and proceed ... Uwe Ligges > Thanks, Zoltan > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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. ********************************************************************** * This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No right to confidential or privileged treatment of this message is waived or lost by any error in transmission. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail, delete the message and all copies from your system and destroy any hard copies. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
