Re: [R] It is possible to Expand RAM with HD space?

2007-04-21 Thread Petri Palmu
Hi, (closely related to the subject) First, I'm not an expert in programming, so the terminology I use can be incorrect or vague. I wonder if it's a good development to always defend from out of memory error by buying more RAM because the size of analyseable data also increases at same time.

Re: [R] It is possible to Expand RAM with HD space?

2007-04-17 Thread Uwe Ligges
Jorge Cornejo-Donoso wrote: I'm using R in a winXp machine. I have problems with the size of my database (xyz), anyone know if is possible to use some kind of swap memory, in order to expand my real RAM and use HD space for the processes? This is done automatically by your operating system.

Re: [R] It is possible to Expand RAM with HD space?

2007-04-17 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Uwe Ligges wrote: Jorge Cornejo-Donoso wrote: I'm using R in a winXp machine. I have problems with the size of my database (xyz), anyone know if is possible to use some kind of swap memory, in order to expand my real RAM and use HD space for the processes? This is

[R] It is possible to Expand RAM with HD space?

2007-04-16 Thread Jorge Cornejo-Donoso
I'm using R in a winXp machine. I have problems with the size of my database (xyz), anyone know if is possible to use some kind of swap memory, in order to expand my real RAM and use HD space for the processes? I'm trying to make a variogram, and I don't want to sacrifice the precision of the