R: limiting the use of RAM

Asked Nov 16 '15 at 12:38

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I am currently working with big fileList on R 64 bits, and my colleague is also using the same virtual machine with another software.

Because of the 64 bits version, R is using most of the available RAM (48 Go). I tried to limit it with memory.limit(X) with X the limit in MB.

I have the answer:

Warning message:
In memory.limit(4000) : cannot decrease memory limit: ignored

So I can not "decrease the memory"? I have tried different options (memory.size(max=FALSE), but I can not find a way to limit the maximum use of RAM at 24 GB for all sessions of R.

Any advice / help is welcome!

asked Nov 16 '15 at 12:38

Floni

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Try this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1395256/1412059 – Roland Nov 16 '15 at 12:46
I have tried this many times but it never worked... I wonder if there is a way to do it with a command. – Floni Nov 16 '15 at 13:04

R: limiting the use of RAM

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