Re: [R] R on a multi core unix box

You can use the socket implementation of snow, with library(snow) cl <- makeCluster(rep("localhost", 2), type="SOCK") to start up a cluster of 2 R processes. luke On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Saeed Abu Nimeh wrote: > Hi, > I installed the snow package on a unix box that has multiple cores. To

[R] R on a multi core unix box

Hi, I installed the snow package on a unix box that has multiple cores. To be able to exploit the multiple cores (on one pc) do I still need to install the rmpi package (or rpvm). Another question, if i run a bayesian simulation on the multiple core after setting them up correctly (using snow), wou