How to limit memory on a server
I think R keeps all the data in RAM ? The function memory.limit() refers to the RAM size ? I will try to configure the OS. Thanks. Best regards Cyril Hervy -----Message d'origine----- De : Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] Envoy? : mercredi 3 octobre 2012 17:22 ? : Hervy Cyril Cc : R-help (r-help at r-project.org) Objet : Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server
On 03/10/2012 16:12, Hervy Cyril wrote:
My OS is a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 and I would like to limit RAM usage on the server.
Ask your sysadmins, as Duncan Murdoch advised. R only know about virtual memory usage, not RAM usage.
Thank you. Best regards Cyril Hervy -----Message d'origine----- De : Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] Envoy? : mercredi 3 octobre 2012 15:43 ? : Hervy Cyril Cc : R-help (r-help at r-project.org) Objet : Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server And your OS is? See the footer and the 'at a minimum' information the posting guide asks for. I think you are confusing 'memory' and 'RAM': the two concepts are distinct. But R is not a special case, and you do it the same way as you do this for any other process, by your OS facilities. On 03/10/2012 10:12, Hervy Cyril wrote:
Hello, In our structure, users connect to a server (64GB of memory) where they launch R. How can I limit the amount of RAM that could use a user. The function memory.limit(size=...) can limit the amount of memory but I would like users can't change this option in R. Is it possible? Thank you. Cyril Hervy [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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