Also see SNOW (which simplifies parallel programming, sits on top of rpvm, Rmpi, or a socket-based system).
Depends on whether you want parallelism on the: 1. User-level -- the libraries such as PVM, LAM-MPI, etc will help, and there are various packages which provide an API to those. 2. System-level -- then Condor, Sun Grid Engine / Maui scheduler, and similar queueing/batching/allocation daemons will help (computational grid software is usually a generalization of this which adds authentication and resource allocation). 3. Kernel-level -- then OpenMOSIX, BPROC, etc will help. They are mostly orthogonal. Mostly... :-). best, -tony Armin Roehrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you do some programming, you might want to look at MPI. > R-extensions for MPI exist (RMPI). > > It all depends a lot on what kind of usage you envisage of your cluster. > Open-PBS is also a good batch system. Maybe you also want to > look at Mosix, which is a modified linux system. > > Depending on what your ultimate computing ressources are, > maybe also look at IBM's Globus toolkit. > > Parallel programming is fun. The world is inherently parallel! > Ciao, > -Armin. > > ---------------------------------------- > Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com > We manage risk > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ Biomedical and Health Informatics University of Washington Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center UW (Tu/Th/F): 206-616-7630 FAX=206-543-3461 | Voicemail is unreliable FHCRC (M/W): 206-667-7025 FAX=206-667-4812 | use Email CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachme...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html