Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-04 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
anks. 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

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-04 Thread Hervy Cyril
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 o

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Duncan Murdoch
.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 03/10/20

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
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 post

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Hervy Cyril
elp@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=.

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Hervy Cyril
elp@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, a

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Duncan Murdoch
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

Re: [R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
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

[R] How to limit memory on a server

2012-10-03 Thread Hervy Cyril
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. Cy