Re: [R] Computer requirements to run R on huge datasets

2014-05-30 Thread Jeff Newmiller
You have given information related to the number of rows that will be involved, but have offered nothing about the number of columns. That is okay though... you should attempt your algorithms on progressively larger datasets to gauge how your problem scales and use your operating system to obse

[R] Computer requirements to run R on huge datasets

2014-05-30 Thread Magdalena Kapelko
Dear R users, I am writing to ask your advice with regard to the computer requirements (RAM, architecture, processor, hard drive) in order to run R smoothly on large datasets. I will be running commands with many bootstrap replications (2000) on the datasets of 10 firms. Thank you in advance