To help me make choices regarding a platform for running high-memory R processes in parallel, I would appreciate any responses to these questions:
1. Does the amount of RAM available to an R session depend on the processor (Intel vs. Sun) or on the OS (various Linux distributions vs. Solaris)? 2. Does R have any built-in limitations of RAM available to a session? For example, could it make use of 16 GB in one session given the right processor/OS platform? 3. Is there anything else I should consider before choosing a processor and OS? If there is a better list for these kinds of questions, please advise. David ______________________________ David R. Bickel Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology BMI Dept., University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5 http://www.oisb.ca/members.htm Tel: (613) 562-5800 ext. 8670 Fax: (613) 562-5185 Roger Guindon Hall, Room 1317 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
