[R] SSD vs RAM upgrade

Mark Sharp
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:14:03 -0000

John,

Unless you are doing something very unusual (such as using a database to keep
intermediate results) SSD hardware will have no affect on R being memory bound.
According to the behavior you described, you need RAM.

R. Mark Sharp, Ph.D.
Director of Primate Records Database
Southwest National Primate Research Center
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
P.O. Box 760549
San Antonio, TX 78245-0549
Telephone: (210)258-9476
e-mail: msharp at TxBiomed.org




> On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Kulas, John T. <jtkulas at
stcloudstate.edu> wrote:
>
> I have several lab computers that frequently lag/crash with R apparently
due to low RAM (they're all 8 GB)
>
> I put in a request to up the RAM to 32 GB on a few, but my tech support is
suggesting an SSD harddrive upgrade instead of the increased RAM.
>
> Any suggestions on the better approach (SSD harddrive vs increased RAM to
help R chug along)?
>
> Thanks much - John
>
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