Re: [R] R on a supercomputer

2005-10-11 Thread Sean Davis
On 10/10/05 3:54 PM, "Kimpel, Mark William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using R with Bioconductor to perform analyses on large datasets > using bootstrap methods. In an attempt to speed up my work, I have > inquired about using our local supercomputer and asked the administrator > if he thou

Re: [R] R on a supercomputer

2005-10-10 Thread Tony Plate
In general, R is not written in such a way that data remain in cache. However, R can use optimized BLAS libraries, and these are. So if your version of R is compiled to use an optimized BLAS library appropriate to the machine (e.g., ATLAS, or Prof. Goto's Blas), AND a considerable amount of t

[R] R on a supercomputer

2005-10-10 Thread Kimpel, Mark William
I am using R with Bioconductor to perform analyses on large datasets using bootstrap methods. In an attempt to speed up my work, I have inquired about using our local supercomputer and asked the administrator if he thought R would run faster on our parallel network. I received the following reply: