[R] rpvm/snow packages on a cluster with dual-processor machi nes
Liaw, Andy
andy_liaw at merck.com
Mon Aug 14 16:17:52 CEST 2006
That's what I've tried before, on three dual-Xeon boxes, so I know it worked
(as documented a that time).
Andy
From: Paul Y. Peng
>
> Luke Tierney just reminded me that makeCluster() can take a
> number greater than the number of machines in a cluster. It
> seems to be a solution to this problem. But I haven't tested it yet.
>
> Paul.
>
>
> Ryan Austin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Adding a node twice gives a duplicate node error.
> > However, adding the parameter sp=2000 to your pvm hostfile should
> > enable dual processors.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > Liaw, Andy wrote:
> >
> >> Caveat: I've only played with this a couple of years ago...
> >>
> >> I believe you can just add each host _twice_ (or as many
> times as the
> >> number of CPUs at that host) to get both CPUs to work.
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> From: Paul Y. Peng
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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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