R Portal

The upcoming BiG Grid R portal

To make using the grid easier, we're working a portal for users of the statistical programming language R. It's a web interface and to your jobs, and a module for R. Plus some tools and language bindings to interact with the jobs.

As a bonus, you can also use it to run R on a GPU cluster.

The R portal is not a production service yet. We're currently looking for R users who want to help us to make it work smoothly for them. If you're interested, please drop me a mail.

• Visit the R portal (contact wvengen+lgi@nikhef.nl for an account)
• read more about the Rlgi module for R.
• Slides of the R portal presentation at the BioAssist meeting of Feb, 2012.

What's inside

The system is based on the Leiden Grid Intrastructure (LGI). It interacts with the grid using pilotjobs (read more).

• Leiden Grid Infrastructure LGI (original source), including a number of tools
• lgipilot pilotjob manager
• R portal source