Hi, I have a problem when using R1.7.0. I have a very large dataset, but I also have access to 24GB RAM on a super-computer. Nevertheless, when using the "lme"-function I get the error message Error: cannot allocate vector of size 224295 Kb As I understand it, the default is that there is no memory-limit in R other than machine resources, but somehow R does not get acces to the 24GB of RAM I have available. Does anyone have a tip? I have tried Ida
Allocation problem
2 messages · Ida Scheel, Brian Ripley
On Tue, 20 May 2003, Ida Scheel wrote:
I have a problem when using R1.7.0. I have a very large dataset, but I also have access to 24GB RAM on a super-computer. Nevertheless, when using the "lme"-function I get the error message Error: cannot allocate vector of size 224295 Kb As I understand it, the default is that there is no memory-limit in R other than machine resources, but somehow R does not get acces to the 24GB of RAM I have available.
How do you know? That message just says that at that point 220Mb *more* was not available. `A super-computer' is extremely vague; please be a lot more specific about what you are doing and how R was configured and built. My expectation is that you are being limited by machine resources.
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