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