[R] cannot allocate memory block of size 2.7 Gb

[Uwe Ligges]

On 23.01.2013 23:41, Cláudio Brisolara wrote:
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> Hello R-users
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> I am getting error messagens when I require some packages or execute some procedures, like these below:
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>> require(tseries)
> Loading required package: tseries
> Error in get(Info[i, 1], envir = env) :
>    cannot allocate memory block of size 2.7 Gb
>> require (TSA)
> Loading required package: TSA
> Loading required package: locfit
> Error in get(Info[i, 1], envir = env) :
>    cannot allocate memory block of size 2.7 Gb
> Failed with error:  ‘package ‘locfit’ could not be loaded’
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> I used the commands memory.limit() and memory.size() to check memory limitation, but I could not see any problem. I send also sessionInfo() data. I have run the same script and different computers with less memory capacity, so it seems to me that it is not a real memory problem.
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>> memory.limit()
> [1] 6004

Apparently you need  ore than that.
But we do not know how much your workspace is messed up  or what you did 
that at least 2.7 Gb additional memory is required in your next step.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





>> memory.size()
> [1] 1361.88
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>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
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> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252  LC_CTYPE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=Portuguese_Brazil.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=Portuguese_Brazil.1252
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> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_2.15.2      quadprog_1.5-4   stabledist_0.6-5 tools_2.15.2
> [5] xtable_1.7-0
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> Please, someone can help me understand that is happening and what should I do to fix it?
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> Regards,
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> Cláudio Brisolara
> Postgraduate student
> University of São Paulo
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