[R] How to deal with more than 6GB dataset using R?

Greg Snow Greg.Snow at imail.org
Sat Jul 24 21:55:59 CEST 2010


You may want to look at the biglm package as another way to regression models on very large data sets.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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>  Hi there,
> 
> Sorry to bother those who are not interested in this problem.
> 
> I'm dealing with a large data set, more than 6 GB file, and doing
> regression test with those data. I was wondering are there any
> efficient ways to read those data? Instead of just using read.table()?
> BTW, I'm using a 64bit version desktop and a 64bit version R, and the
> memory for the desktop is enough for me to use.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --Gin
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