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Re: st: RE: Will Stata/MP speed up running multiple dofiles inbatch mode?


From   Ada Ma <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: Will Stata/MP speed up running multiple dofiles inbatch mode?
Date   Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:01:01 +0000

Hi Neil

I imagine the MP report is done on the assumption (or backdrop?) that
there are excess resource on the hardware to be unleashed.  If there
aren't...  I am doubtful if the MP is going to do much help.

Ada


On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Neil Shephard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Further, if you read the official Stata report I linked, it has a
> table of the improvement in speed of executing specific commands for
> different numbers of cores (including the two commands you are
> intending to use).
>
> So yes, each script will complete quicker, but you'll still have
> multiple instances of Stata/MP vying for CPU/RAM.
>
> Neil
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