R Cloud Workbench 1.2

The R Cloud Workbench is a powerful tool that allows users to remotely access R/Bioconductor on EBI's 64-bit Linux Cluster. It can be accessed through a downloadable package for Mac or Windows, or via Java Web Start, and provides access to an instance of R running on one of EBI's powerful machines. With the R Cloud Workbench, users can install additional packages, upload their own data, work with graphics, and collaborate with colleagues, all without being limited by their own machine's memory, processor, or data storage capacity. This tool was developed by the BBSRC.

It provides with remote access to R/Bioconductor on EBI's 64-bit Linux Cluster
You can start the workbench by downloading the package for your operating system (Macintosh or Windows), or via Java Web Start, and you will get access to an instance of R running on one of EBI's powerful machines. You can install additional packages, upload your own data, work with graphics and collaborate with colleagues, all as if you are running R locally, but unlimited by your machine's memory, processor or data storage capacity.

The ArrayExpress R Cloud Workbench is an outgrowth of the BBSRC (UK) funded (grant number BB/E001653/1) project called BioC-WebGUIs, with internal project name BIOCEP, whose main achievement has been the construction of an R virtualization framework, and the development of a scalable, distributed framework for exposure of R/Bioconductor packages to Java applications; also, a general resource pooling framework suitable for dispatching compute-intensive tasks to the server farm infrastructure at the EBI.