Re: st: multiple Stata jobs on Windows

[Jeph Herrin <jeph.herrin@yale.edu>]

Agree. I think the primary limitation is RAM, you have 16gb but
don't say how much you want to allocate to each instance of Stata
- that will most likely be your most immediate limitation on
the number of Stata processes running, though if they are all
CPU intensive they might run rather slowly.

I have a 16gb machine with 64bit XP, and the OS will let me
have a maximum of about 15gb.

hth,
Jeph

Michael I. Lichter wrote:
> Bulent,
>
> I'm not sure what you're asking. It's certainly *possible* to run 
> multiple instances of Stata under Windows. You can launch it as many 
> times as you want. I've never noticed any problems resulting from doing 
> so. If you're asking about whether Stata does its own record and/or file 
> locking to protect against one instance of the program modifying a file 
> that another instance is also reading or modifying, I think the answer 
> is "no".  If your programs are careful to stay out of each others' way, 
> I don't think there would be a problem. (One question I have is whether 
> you can count on multiple instances of Stata not creating temporary 
> files of the same name.) As for the "optimum" number of jobs, I suspect 
> that depends entirely on your purpose, your system, and how disk or cpu 
> intensive your jobs are.
>
> Michael
>
> Koksal, Bulent wrote:
> > Dear Stata Users,
> >
> > I was wondering if it would be possible/feasible to run multiple Stata
> > jobs by using the Windows version. I have a machine with the following
> > properties:
> > Inter Xeon CPU, E5430, 2.66 GHz, 16 GB RAM
> >
> > Can I launch, say 8 Stata sessions at the same time? If this is
> > possible, how can I understand the optimum number of jobs possible to
> > run without getting stuck? Thank you for any help.
> >
> >   
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