st: Machine Options for Stata

["Tim R. Sass" <tsass@coss.fsu.edu>]

Statalisters -

I am currently running the Windows version of STATA on a PC with 2GB of 
RAM, but need more memory to handle a very large data set.  I am preparing 
to purchase a Unix version of STATA.

I have two machine options at our University.  First, there is a Sun 
Microsystems Enterprise 4500 with 8 UltraSPARC-II Processors and 8 GB RAM 
running Solaris 8.  Will STATA be able to utilize the full 8 GB of this 
machine?

My second option is a set of Unix machines that are in a cluster.  Is STATA 
scalable so that it can make use of several CPUs in a cluster or must in 
run on a single machine?

Thanks,
Tim

Tim R. Sass
Professor                               Voice:   (850)644-7087
Department of Economics         Fax:      (850)644-4535
Florida State University                E-mail:   tsass@coss.fsu.edu
Tallahassee, FL  32306-2180     Internet: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~tsass  

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/