Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Benilton Carvalho
also, take a look at the "ff" package. b On Feb 14, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Greg Snow wrote: You may want to look at the SQLiteDF package, this allows you to put your data into an SQLite database and treat that like a normal vector or data frame inside of R. Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/14/2008 10:54 AM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Jeffrey Horner > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul Gilbert wrote on 02/14/2008 09:14 AM: > >> > >> > > >> > _ wrote: > >> >>

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Greg Snow
You may want to look at the SQLiteDF package, this allows you to put your data into an SQLite database and treat that like a normal vector or data frame inside of R. Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 2/14/2008 10:54 AM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Jeffrey Horner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Paul Gilbert wrote on 02/14/2008 09:14 AM: >> >> > >> > _ wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Using big vectors (more than 4GB) is unfortunately not possible under >> >> Windo

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Gabor Csardi
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 07:54:38AM -0800, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Jeffrey Horner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Gilbert wrote on 02/14/2008 09:14 AM: > > > > > > > > _ wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> Using big vectors (more than 4GB) is unfortunately not po

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Jeffrey Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Feb 14, 2008, at 6:32 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. > Could it be possible to implement an a new data type in R, like a > vector, but instead holding the information in memory, th

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Jeffrey Horner
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 disk

Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Gilbert
_ 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 32bi