maximal dataset size
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Cheng, Yiling wrote:
Hi, there,
I am using PC window version R and dealing with big dataset usually. May
anyone let me whether the maximal dataset size in R is limited by computer
memory or hard drive capacity?
Primarily by computer memory. R is able to use virtual memory but is very slow (worse with some Windows versions than others). You probably don't want to use a dataset that is more than about 1/3 the size of your computer's physical memory. With modern computers that is still quite large. -thomas Thomas Lumley Asst. Professor, Biostatistics tlumley at u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._