Deb,

I generally run my larger R tasks on a server.

Here is my workflow.

1) Write an R script using a text editor. (There are many popular ones.)
2) FTP the R script to your server.
3) SSH into the server
4) Run R
5) Run the script that you uploaded from the R process you just started.



On 8/26/09 8:48 PM, Debabrata Midya wrote:
> Cedrick / Moshe,
>
> Thank you very much for such a quick response.
>
> My objective is to do the faster calculations by submitting a R job from my desktop to this server.
>
> Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition is currently running on this server.
>
> My objective is not only limited to access various oracle tables from this server but also I like to utilise this server for faster calculations and I like to use R for this. So far, I did not install anything related to R into this server.
>
> I have R installed on my desktop (Windows XP). I use RODBC / ODBC products to access data from this server and I use R / S-PLUS (installed on my desktop) to do the analyses.
>
> Is there any way to submit R job from my desktop to this server? How can I use this server to do my job faster?
>
> Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
>
> I am looking forward for your reply.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deb
>
>    
>>>> "Cedrick W. Johnson"<cedrick@cedrickjohnson.com>  27/08/2009 12:41 pm>>>
>>>>          
> Good Morning Deb-
>
> It's unclear (to me at least) what you are trying to do.. What is the
> "server" running? Is it running RServe for which you have a userid and
> pwd or is it just a plain  "server" running some OS?
>
> *IF* this is the case (RServe):
> on the windows machine you will need to:
>
> install.packages("Rserve")
> library(Rserve)
> ?Rserve
> --and optionally--
> ?RSeval
>
> I *think* RSeval/Rserve *may* be what you're looking for, but I am going
> off just an assumption by what you meant regarding "server"..
>
> Rserve can be used as a client and server on both platforms (I
> personally have had more success running the server portion under linux,
> with linux and java clients in which the clients are a mixture of the
> package's java access *and* R client access to the rserver instance)
>
> More info on rserve at: http://www.rforge.net/Rserve
>
> HTH,
> cedrick
>
>
> Debabrata Midya wrote:
>    
>> Dear R users,
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> I am Deb, Statistician at NSW Department of Commerce, Sydney.
>>
>> I am using R 2.9.1 on Windows XP.
>>
>> May I request you to provide me information on the following:
>>
>> 1. I have access to a server ( I have userid and pwd)
>>
>> 2. What are the packages I need to submit a job from Windows XP to this server? Should I need to install any package on this server before submitting a job?
>>
>> Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given.
>>
>> I am looking forward for your reply.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Deb
>>
>>
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