[R] rpvm/snow packages on a cluster with dual-processor machines
Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
rdiaz at cnio.es
Fri Aug 11 19:41:35 CEST 2006
Dear Paul,
I am leaving right now. I'll send you the info over the weekend. But note that
I do think it is quite possible to use pvm for your setup. I just have no
experience with it.
R.
On Friday 11 August 2006 19:21, Paul Y. Peng wrote:
> Hi Ramon,
>
> please let me know how you achieve this with rmpi. I use PVM simply because
> I picked it up first and it worked well for me. If MPI is the only way to
> make use the two processors, I will find out whether it is available or
> works in our cluster. Thanks a lot for your response.
>
> Regards,
> Paul.
>
> Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:
> > Dear Paul,
> >
> > I have no direct experience with rpvm, but doing it with rmpi is a piece
> > of cake. I could provide you with some hints if you want. (I am tempted
> > to ask why you are using PVM instead of MPI, but this might be the wrong
> > question).
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > R.
> >
> > On Friday 11 August 2006 18:12, Paul Y. Peng wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> does anybody know how to use the dual processors in the machines of a
> >> cluster? I am using R with rpvm and snow packages. I usually start pvm
> >> daemon and add host machines first, and then run R to start my computing
> >> work. But I find that only one processor in each machine is used in this
> >> way and the other one always stays idle. Is there any simple way to tell
> >> pvm to use the two processors at the same time? In other words, I would
> >> like to see two copies of R running on each machine's two processors
> >> when using pvm. Any hints/help are greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Paul.
> >>
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