On 03/10/2012 11:07 AM, Hervy Cyril wrote:
My OS is a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 and I have a sysadmin account on the 
server.

Sounds like it's a question for Microsoft (or their web site) then. You might want to start here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753446.aspx

Duncan Murdoch

Thank you.
Best regards

Cyril Hervy


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
Envoyé : mercredi 3 octobre 2012 15:39
À : Hervy Cyril
Cc : R-help (r-help@r-project.org)
Objet : Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

On 03/10/2012 5:12 AM, Hervy Cyril wrote:
> Hello,
> In our structure, users connect to a server (64GB of memory) where they 
launch R. How can I limit the amount of RAM that could use a user.
> The function memory.limit(size=...) can limit the amount of memory but I 
would like users can't change this option in R. Is it possible?

Generally speaking, that's something that the operating system needs to
enforce.   If you don't know how to do it with your OS, you might get
some advice here by saying which one it is, but you may have to ask a sysadmin 
at your site.

Duncan Murdoch

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