On tirsdag 01 november 2005, 14:40, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > How often do you deal with large data sets? > > What is a 'large data set'? I often see this term but not very sure > what it means...
In my master's in astrophysics, I created, and subsequently analyzed files that were around 100 MB. Nowadays, I'm also playing with data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ and it was the reason why I updated to 1.5 GB RAM. As for the original question: I would keep an eye on the swap, by for example running top now and then or install a panel of ksysguard in the kicker panel if you use KDE. If it is much used, get more RAM. If you have the money, it is as simple as that, I think... Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Programmer / Astrophysicist / Ski-orienteer / Orienteer / Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
