The GitHub repository RAWStutorial is a tutorial for running a large number of R files on the cloud using Amazon Web Services (AWS) via multiple Spot Instances and EC2.
by: IcterusGalbula (Mark W. Miller).
This tutorial comes complete with data files, R files and a MSWord document containing detailed instructions on:
Creating an AWS account
Installing R on AWS
Installing R packages on AWS
Using parallel processing
Installing PuTTY
Installing FileZilla
Using Spot Instances
Running R
Retrieving model results
Results are included for comparison.
The url for the index file on the GitHub repo site (Index URL)