Paul Gilbert wrote on 02/14/2008 09:14 AM: > > _ wrote: >> Hi all, >> Using big vectors (more than 4GB) is unfortunately not possible under >> Windows or other OS's if not enough RAM exists. > > This is NOT true. It is not limited by RAM, but rather by RAM and swap > space. With 500G hard disks at about $100, the more serious limitation > is a 32bit OS. Speed is a different consideration, but I doubt that > taking over what the OS is suppose to do will be the real answer.
Umm... swap... yeah... My experience with any code that I write that needs to use swap is to reboot the machine and rewrite my code NOT to use swap. Jeff > > Paul > >> Could it be possible to implement an a new data type in R, like a >> vector, but instead holding the information in memory, the data lies on >> an file. If data is accessed, the data type vector get the information >> automatically from the file. >> There is a package out there (named ff) but the accessed boundary have >> to be declared by the user this is a disadvantage. >> >> Greetings. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ==================================================================================== > > La version française suit le texte anglais. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This email may contain privileged and/or confidential ...{{dropped:23}} ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
