Re: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread Benilton Carvalho
gory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of _ Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:32 AM To: r-devel@r-project.org Subject: [Rd] Vector binding o

[Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread cstrato
Dear Henrik Please allow me to add also my opinion: Databases may be the most straightforward way to expand, but in my opinion there is a better solution, which was developed for high energy physics, where people need to work with huge amounts of data including very large vectors. The solution

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
-8111 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of _ > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:32 AM > To: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: [Rd] Vector binding on harddisk > > Hi all, > Using big vectors (more tha

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

[Rd] Vector binding on harddisk

2008-02-14 Thread _
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, the data lies on an file. If data is accessed, th