Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-10 Thread Allen Bingham
...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of jim holtman Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 10:23 AM To: Yuan, Rebecca Cc: R help (r-help@r-project.org) Subject: Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded How big are the worksheets that you are reading in? Do you have multiple ones open

Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-10 Thread jim holtman
, Rebecca *From:* jim holtman [mailto:jholt...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2015 10:21 AM *To:* Jeff Newmiller *Cc:* Yuan, Rebecca; R help (r-help@r-project.org) *Subject:* Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded On the off-chance

[R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-02 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
Hello all, When I met this following error message: Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded I usually use the following options to overcome the memory limit: options(java.parameters = -Xmx1024m) # to reduce the error message Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit

Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-02 Thread Jeff Newmiller
The memory issue is in Java, not R. You can either be more parsimonious in your use of Java memory (we have no idea what you are doing with it here, so how you do that is up to you), or you can allocate more memory to Java (you may be able to guess how to do that, or read the Java

Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-02 Thread jim holtman
On the off-chance, are you using XLConnect or xlsx packages that are using Java to access the spreadsheets? If it is XLConnect, are you access the '.xlsx' style workbooks? If so, can you try using '.xls' workbooks? This is a problem that I have had; the '.xlsx' workbooks take a lot more

Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-02 Thread jim holtman
] *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2015 10:21 AM *To:* Jeff Newmiller *Cc:* Yuan, Rebecca; R help (r-help@r-project.org) *Subject:* Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded On the off-chance, are you using XLConnect or xlsx packages that are using Java to access

Re: [R] Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded

2015-02-02 Thread Yuan, Rebecca
: OutOfMemoryError (Java): GC overhead limit exceeded On the off-chance, are you using XLConnect or xlsx packages that are using Java to access the spreadsheets? If it is XLConnect, are you access the '.xlsx' style workbooks? If so, can you try using '.xls' workbooks? This is a problem that I have had