Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0411071138550.32406-100000@mail.mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 2004-11-07T11:45:17Z
From: Dan Bolser
Subject: Using GNU R on a two box "cluster"
In-Reply-To: <418DFC19.4000905@swissinfo.org>
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, [ISO-8859-15] Thomas Schönhoff wrote:
>Hello,
>
>right now I'm thinking about running R 2.0.0 on box A (Debian SID) but
>at the same time having access to the ressources of box B (Ubuntu
>Linux) regarding disk capacity, RAM, idle CPU cycles . Is there anyone
>of you that has already installed and administred such a tiny (home
>based) cluster?
>
>Well, the term cluster seems quite a bit of an exaggeration related to
>what I am looking for!
>
>I am absolutely new to this subject and I would appreciate some hints
>on where to start doing such things with my GNU R on both boxes. Maybe
>a pointer too some introductory materials focussed to doing clustering
>stuff with GNU R would be sufficient.
>Are there any recommended methods or tools to realize a two nodes cluster?
The absolute *best* source of cluster information anywhere on the web
(subjectively speaking) is the bioclusters mailing list...
http://bioinformatics.org/lists/bioclusters
The list has a surfeit of cluster experts who make a living from
consultancy.
>
>
>regards
>
>Thomas
>
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