We also have a spark implementation in the ctakes sandbox you can use (for up 
to date see jayunit100/SparkStreamingApps on gh).

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> On Feb 25, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Finan, Sean <sean.fi...@childrens.harvard.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michelle,
> 
> When it comes to 
>> multiple instances of cTakes in parallel
> You can certainly start as many pipelines as you want as separate JVM 
> processes, just make sure that you divide your notes among separate batches, 
> one batch per process.  Also keep in mind that you don't want to clobber your 
> disk or reserve more ram than you've actually got available.
> 
> We have an UIMA-AS ( http://uima.apache.org/doc-uimaas-what.html ) solution 
> that we have used with cTAKES.  It is a small collection of bash scripts that 
> set up an environment and control processes.  There are also a couple .xml 
> descriptors and configuration files that UIMA-AS needs  At some point it 
> should be cleaned up a bit and checked in to sandbox, but it has been a very 
> low (subgrade) priority for me.  Since you are local you could check out our 
> setup in person if you like.
> 
> Sean
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michelle1919c...@gmail.com [mailto:michelle1919c...@gmail.com] On 
> Behalf Of Michelle Chen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:07 PM
> To: dev@ctakes.apache.org
> Subject: Running cTakes in parallel
> 
> Quick question, is it possible to run multiple instances of cTakes in 
> parallel?
> 
> I'm currently using ctakes-clinical-pipeline's fastPipeline() and wanted to 
> run it over multiple documents. Would it be okay to create multiple 
> AnalysisEngine? How has other people done this process?
> 
> I wasn't sure if this would work because of this Issue 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__issues.apache.org_jira_browse_CTAKES-2D151&d=BQIBaQ&c=qS4goWBT7poplM69zy_3xhKwEW14JZMSdioCoppxeFU&r=fs67GvlGZstTpyIisCYNYmQCP6r0bcpKGd4f7d4gTao&m=svksrWw8VDRwa_boN3vNEZcVigCzwcgvEl6IJGlQHtU&s=a4PI6rKGTYADqtjqXYt8JHMPEsg7rI3lbmP4pqXkVCA&e=
>  >.
> -------
> Michelle Chen
> 
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science B.S. '14, M.Eng. '15

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