more memory is always better than less; right now, Moses is single threaded (unless i've been mistaken), but more procs will be good for life in general.
people on the list may be interested to know that we are planning on releasing our randomised language models for Moses within the next few months. this allows LMs to be used that are around a 1/10 or less of the current size. i'll post when it is ready Miles On 06/02/2008, Sara Stymne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > We are currently in the process of buying a new computer for running > Moses and associated programs. We are currently running a AMD 64 Athlon > 4000+ processor with 4 Gb of RAM and 32 bit Linux (Ubuntu). We have used > Europarl v2 with this computer and feel that it is a bit slow at times. > Now we are planning to work on Europarl v3. > > Does anyone know a good configuration for running Moses fast on a single > computer? We plan to keep running Ubuntu, probably 64 bit. Specifically, > how much RAM is needed, and what processor configuration is suitable? > Does Moses benefit from multi-core processors or having two processors? > Do you have other recommendations? > > /Sara Stymne > _______________________________________________ > Moses-support mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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