R help - Aug 2013 - R runs on Windows Server 2012?

Hi-

Can someone confirm whether R runs on the Windows Server 2012 OS, and if so
whether there are any significant differences from running on e.g. Windows 7
that I ought to be aware of?

The R for Windows FAQ (URL below) seems to indicate that running on Windows
Server 2012 is possible, but the text is a little vague and I haven't been
able to find any clear answers on the mailing list archives. We are considering
spending a chunk of money on a small server and I want to be very sure that R
will run before we do.

URL for relevant FAQ:
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#How-do-I-install-R-for-Windows_003f

Thanks
Chris


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Dr. Chris Solomon
Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
McGill University

The FAQ may seem vague to you, but your question seems vague to me. I don't
run R on any Windows Server, so I cannot answer your question, but there is more
than one way to run R on any server and you have not mentioned how you want it
to run. For example, you might run it via Remote Terminal in
"interactive" mode, in which case the video settings of the client may
affect graphics functionality. Or, you may want to use it as a compute node for
parallel computation, leaving graphics generation to your client node. Or, you
may want to use it as a network service that generates graphics files
non-interactively and serves them via a web page. I suggest you clarify your
definition of "run" to prompt a more helpful response from the list.
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Chris Solomon <chris.solomon at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>Hi-
>
>Can someone confirm whether R runs on the Windows Server 2012 OS, and
>if so whether there are any significant differences from running on
>e.g. Windows 7 that I ought to be aware of?
>
>The R for Windows FAQ (URL below) seems to indicate that running on
>Windows Server 2012 is possible, but the text is a little vague and I
>haven't been able to find any clear answers on the mailing list
>archives. We are considering spending a chunk of money on a small
>server and I want to be very sure that R will run before we do.
>
>URL for relevant FAQ:
>http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#How-do-I-install-R-for-Windows_003f
>
>Thanks
>Chris
>
>
>*****
>Dr. Chris Solomon
>Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
>McGill University
>
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