R message Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.7 Gb

General
1

I am trying to join two datasets of different sizes but hitting an issue with R message Error: cannot allocate vector of size 3.7 Gb. I tried increasing the memory and used a machine running 32GB of RAM but this hasn’t made any difference. The issue occurs with different types of join such fuzzy join and left, inner, and full. Any ideas, please?

2

Consider offloading the datasets to a database.

You will move from available memory constraint to available disk space constraint.

Memory is fast and expensive, disk is slow and cheap. Both have their uses...

1 Like
3

This topic was automatically closed 21 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.

If you have a query related to it or one of the replies, start a new topic and refer back with a link.