Re: [R] Preparing for multi-core CPUs and parallel processing applications

2009-07-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Steve, Martin already mentioned r-sig-hpc and the HPC task view for the bulk of your questions. The Schmidbger et al paper (linked from the Task View) should address a few of your questions. Just two more quick add-ons: On 31 July 2009 at 09:22, steve_fried...@nps.gov wrote: | 5) Can we take

Re: [R] Preparing for multi-core CPUs and parallel processing applications

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Morgan
Hi Steve -- steve_fried...@nps.gov wrote: > Hello > > I am fortunate (or in really big trouble) in that the research group I work > with will soon be receiving several high end dual quad core machines. We > will use the Ubuntu OS on these. We intend to use this cluster for some > extensive model

[R] Preparing for multi-core CPUs and parallel processing applications

2009-07-31 Thread Steve_Friedman
Hello I am fortunate (or in really big trouble) in that the research group I work with will soon be receiving several high end dual quad core machines. We will use the Ubuntu OS on these. We intend to use this cluster for some extensive modeling applications. Our programming guru has demonstrate