In PostgreSQL, MonetDB, and Too-Big-for-Memory Data in R -- Part I, I began to discuss how data that was too big for RAM is handled in R, a memory-constrained statistical platform. I attempted to demonstrate the potential of working…

In a blog from three months ago, I wrote on "kind of" big data in R. The "kind of" was meant as a caveat that data size in R is limited by RAM. I also mentioned the potential of working with relational data stores for even larger data, and made a vague proposal to…