get_total_ram

SYSTEM_UTILS

1 Description

Returns the total physical RAM installed in the system.

2 Usage

get_total_ram()

3 Value

Numeric value with total RAM in gigabytes (GB)

4 Details

This function queries the operating system to determine total RAM. Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The value returned is the physical RAM available to the system: - On physical machines: actual installed RAM - On virtual machines: RAM allocated to the VM - On containers: RAM limit set for the container

5 Examples

\donttest{
# Check total RAM
total <- get_total_ram()
cat("System has", total, "GB of RAM\n")

# Returns 16.0 on a 16GB system
}

6 See Also

get_available_ram, get_cpu_cores

---
title: "get_total_ram"
subtitle: "get_total_ram"
---

<span class="category-badge system_utils">SYSTEM_UTILS</span>

## Description

Returns the total physical RAM installed in the system.

## Usage

```r
get_total_ram()
```
## Value

::: {.return-value}
Numeric value with total RAM in gigabytes (GB)

:::
## Details

This function queries the operating system to determine total RAM.
Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

The value returned is the physical RAM available to the system:
- On physical machines: actual installed RAM
- On virtual machines: RAM allocated to the VM
- On containers: RAM limit set for the container

## Examples
```{r}
#| eval: false
#| warning: false

\donttest{
# Check total RAM
total <- get_total_ram()
cat("System has", total, "GB of RAM\n")

# Returns 16.0 on a 16GB system
}

```
## See Also

::: {.see-also}
[get_available_ram](get_available_ram.html), [get_cpu_cores](get_cpu_cores.html)

:::