Resources for HPC in R
This section contains resources specific to high-performance R. For introductory/general R resources, see this page instead.
CRAN Task Views
CRAN Task Views give information on packages relevant to certain topics.
- The High-Performance and Parallel Computing with R task view lists a lot of packages useful for HPC in R.
Running R on the Alliance clusters
The Alliance wiki contains a lot of documentation on how to run code on the Alliance clusters. Here are pages particularly relevant for HPC in R:
- Getting started: how to get started using the Alliance supercomputers.
- Running jobs: how to launch Slurm jobs.
- Running R: how to use R on the Alliance supercomputers.
- Technical support: what to do if you are stuck running code on one of the Alliance clusters.
If you are still having issues after reading the documentation, you can open a ticket by emailing support@tech.alliancecan.ca.