Rstudio, is it useable for large data sets (9gb+)?

[mfherman]

Also see this recent thread where various options for large/out of memory data processing is discussed:

How much RAM do I need to process ~70GB of csv files?

Hello, This is a bit of a general question. I realize that there are many different variables here. I am looking for some general guidance ... I am trying to do some analysis on a large number of csv files. In aggregate, these files take up about 70GB of disk space. The individual csv files range from ~100MB to ~7GB. The data in these files is very similar to gapminder data, just a lot larger (see screenshot below). I need to ask my company's IT team for more computing resources - my laptop computer has only 8GB of RAM. My questions: How much computing resources should I ask for? (I.e. do I need 70GB of RAM to read in 70GB of data? If not, how much do I need?) What types of resources …