I think R keeps all the data in RAM ? The function memory.limit() refers to the RAM size ? I will try to configure the OS.
Thanks. Best regards Cyril Hervy -----Message d'origine----- De : Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk] Envoyé : mercredi 3 octobre 2012 17:22 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 16:12, Hervy Cyril wrote: > > My OS is a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 and I would like to limit RAM usage > on the server. Ask your sysadmins, as Duncan Murdoch advised. R only know about virtual memory usage, not RAM usage. > Thank you. > Best regards > > Cyril Hervy > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk] Envoyé : > mercredi 3 octobre 2012 15:43 À : Hervy Cyril Cc : R-help > (r-help@r-project.org) Objet : Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server > > And your OS is? See the footer and the 'at a minimum' information the > posting guide asks for. > > I think you are confusing 'memory' and 'RAM': the two concepts are distinct. > > But R is not a special case, and you do it the same way as you do this for > any other process, by your OS facilities. > > On 03/10/2012 10:12, 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? >> Thank you. >> >> Cyril Hervy >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > -- Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ 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.
