[R] memory allocation error message

[Uwe Ligges]

Prodromos Zanis wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> I use the library(netCDF) to read in NCEP data. The file I want to read has size 113 Mb.
> When i try to read it I get the following message:
> 
> Error: cannot allocate vector of size 221080 Kb
> In addition: Warning message: 
> Reached total allocation of 255Mb: see help(memory.size) 

So this is an R version < 1.9.0 !

1. Please upgrade.
2. Please read ?Memory and learn how to increase the maximum amount of 
memory consumed by R under Windows.

Uwe Ligges



> I get a similar message when I try to read a file with 256 Mb in a PC with 2 GigaByte RAM.
> 
> Is there something that I can do to handle this problem of reading big netCDF files with R-project.
> 
> I look forward for your help.
> 
> Prodromos Zanis
> 
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