[R] Submit a R job to a server

Moshe Olshansky m_olshansky at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 27 06:12:55 CEST 2009


Hi Deb,

Based on your last note (and after briefly looking at Rserve) I believe that you should install R with all the packages you need on the server and then use it like you are using any workstation, i.e. log in to it and do whatever you need.

Regards,

Moshe.

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Debabrata Midya <Debabrata.Midya at commerce.nsw.gov.au> wrote:

> From: Debabrata Midya <Debabrata.Midya at commerce.nsw.gov.au>
> Subject: Re: [R] Submit a R job to a server
> To: "Cedrick W. Johnson" <cedrick at cedrickjohnson.com>, m_olshansky at yahoo.com
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 1:48 PM
> 
>  
>  
>  
> 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 at 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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