Message-ID: <4FB92E36.9040509@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
Date: 2012-05-20T17:47:34Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <CAL28hP6oky-QE-eAiA9RJcny+5zeCfqiy4W_LdaABwxebMzxAA@mail.gmail.com>
On 20.05.2012 18:09, Emiliano Zapata wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 64 bits machine (Windows) with a total of 192GB of physical memory
> (RAM), and total of 8 CPU. I wanted to ask how can I make R make use of all
> the memory. I recently ran a script requiring approximately 92 GB of memory
> to run, and got the massage:
>
> cannot allocate memory block of size 2.1 Gb
I suspect you are running a 32-bit version of R. From ?memory.size:
"For a 64-bit versions of R under 64-bit Windows the limit is currently
8Tb."
Best,
Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
> I read on the web that if you increase the memory you have to reinstall R;
> would that be enough. Could I just increase the memory manually.
>
>
> Take you for any comments, or links on the web.
>
>
> EZ
>
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