[R] R on AMD64 (Opteron)

[Liaw, Andy]

Just one more thing for folks intending to try Opterons with >1 cpu:  You'll
probably want to use a NUMA kernel, rather than a SMP one.

Cheers,
Andy

> From: Prof Brian Ripley
> 
> We are using Fedora Core 2 and some version(s) of SuSe Linux 
> on various
> dual Opteron servers.  We also have a copy of RHEL, but AFAIK are not
> currently using it.  I've been using a dual Opteron 248 under FC2
> 
> I don't know that Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is actually released yet 
> (although there have beem public betas).  However, as Peter D 
> says, one 
> would need a suitable compiler, binutils etc and the MinGW project is 
> unlikely to provide them any time soon (if ever, although the 
> project's 
> FAQ suggests that it does intend to).
> 
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Jose Quesada wrote:
> 
> > Also, I'm curious...
> > Not that this would be my first choice for a server, but...
> > Anyone running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition? Any success compiling R?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:07:18 +1000, Andrew Robinson 
> <andrewr at uidaho.edu> wrote:
> > > Professor Ripley,
> > >
> > > which operating system are you using for these servers, please?
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
> > > Date: Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:41 pm
> > > Subject: Re: [R] R on AMD64 (Opteron)
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Asselin Jerome wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I was wondering if anyone has had good experiences using R on
> > > > Linux with
> > > > > dual AMD64 (Opteron) processors. I'm thinking of 
> buying a couple
> > > > of such
> > > > > servers, but I'd like to make sure R would work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > The "R Installation and Administration" guide notes that there
> > > > may be
> > > > > some problems with BLAS libraries. That's all I could 
> find about
> > > > R on
> > > > > AMD64.
> > > >
> > > > Actually it says with ATLAS BLAS, not generically.
> > > >
> > > > > Please share your experience using R on AMD64.
> > > >
> > > > Quite a few people, including us, are using R on such servers
> > > > routinelywith no problems at all.  There are still some issues
> > > > about how to squeeze
> > > > the maximum performance out of them (e.g. which BLAS to 
> use -- we
> > > > are
> > > > using Goto's -- and which compiler to use, e.g. 
> Portland Group or
> > > > Intel).
> > > > --
> > > > Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> > > > Professor of Applied Statistics,  
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> > > > University of 
> Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> > > > 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> > > > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
> 
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
> 
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