[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Guys, > > I'm running R on both Windows & Linux. I'm looking at a number of packages > for parallel execution. It seems that the most used packages are "snow" and > "Rmpi". > > snow seems more user friendly, but it doesn't run on windows. I see from > searching the mailing list that I'm not the first one to try it on Windows. > There was a message that kind of shed some hope on the subject, but nothing > else. > > Rmpi works well on windows (with DeinoMPI) but it's kind of low level, so > before I embark in writing code similar to snow to have some high level > constructs I though I'd ask here about other peoples experiences...
Rmpi has low-level facilities, but things like mpi.spawn.Rslaves, mpi.parLapply and mpi.bcast.cmd are high-level in the same way that snow is. Hopefully others will comment with windows-specific input. Martin > Is anyone around here doing parallel R on Windows? If so could you share > your experience? > > Cheers, > > // Giuseppe > > ************************************************************ > HSBC Bank plc may be solicited in the course of its placement efforts for a > new issue, by investment clients of the firm for whom the Bank as a firm > already provides other services. It may equally decide to allocate to its > own proprietary book or with an associate of HSBC Group. This represents a > potential conflict of interest. HSBC Bank plc has internal arrangements > designed to ensure that the firm would give unbiased and full advice to the > corporate finance client about the valuation and pricing of the offering as > well as internal systems, controls and procedures to identify and manage > conflicts of interest. > > HSBC Bank plc > Registered Office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom > Registered in England - Number 14259 > Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. > ************************************************************ > > > ----------------------------------------- > SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! > > This transmission has been issued by a member of the HSBC Group > "HSBC" for the information of the addressee only and should not be > reproduced and/or distributed to any other person. Each page > attached hereto must be read in conjunction with any disclaimer > which forms part of it. Unless otherwise stated, this transmission > is neither an offer nor the solicitation of an offer to sell or > purchase any investment. Its contents are based on information > obtained from sources believed to be reliable but HSBC makes no > representation and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its > completeness or accuracy. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Martin Morgan Computational Biology / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave. N. PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109 Location: Arnold Building M2 B169 Phone: (206) 667-2793 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
