[OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Greetings to the list. I need to process a few data.frames() in R [1] (18.000 observations, 6 variables and some grouping factors) using the mrpp() function [2] implemented in the R-package vegan [3]. I just posted something short about it on grass- stats [4]. It is a heavy process for my home

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Dheeraj Chand
Nikos, Amazon is giving away a year of free EC2 services. You should be able to spin up an Ubuntu box, install R, geo stuff, etc., and go to town on it. Enjoy! -dx On 1/6/11 10:11 AM, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net wrote: Greetings to the list. I need to process a few

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Duarte Carreira
This may interest you: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/a-525-2048-core-cluster-in-45-minutes/1219?tag=nl.e539 They built and used a 2048 cluster for only $525. The trick is to use it as quickly as possible so it will be cheap. Duarte -Mensagem original- De: Nikos Alexandris

[OSGeo-Discuss] Creating Value from Raster Data: Thanks

2011-01-06 Thread Landon Blake
Thank you Noli, Paolo and Ragi for your comments in response to my inquiry about creating value from raster data. The articles on the GRASS web page linked to by Noli will provide some good examples for me. Landon Mobile: (209) 992-0658 Office: (209) 946-0268 From: Ragi Burhum

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thursday 06 of January 2011 17:17:51 Dheeraj Chand wrote: Nikos, Amazon is giving away a year of free EC2 services. You should be able to spin up an Ubuntu box, install R, geo stuff, etc., and go to town on it. Enjoy! -dx Dheeraj, thank you very much for your speedy (as I see now)

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thursday 06 of January 2011 18:59:19 Duarte Carreira wrote: This may interest you: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/a-525-2048-core-cluster-in-45-minutes/121 9?tag=nl.e539 They built and used a 2048 cluster for only $525. The trick is to use it as quickly as possible so it will be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any high performance (linux-)OSGeo workstation to rent?

2011-01-06 Thread Dheeraj Chand
Nikos, I'll help. Find me on chat? AIM = dheerajchandwork Dheeraj On 1/6/11 10:33 PM, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net wrote: On Thursday 06 of January 2011 17:17:51 Dheeraj Chand wrote: Nikos, Amazon is giving away a year of free EC2 services. You should be able to spin up an