A Cloud Computing Platform for Data Analysis Based on R Cluster

Translation of Data analysis algorithms from data analysis language to high-level programming language is hard work when we construct a cloud computing platform for data analysis. It adds implementation difficulty and maintenance cost of constructing the platform. This paper suggests a new method to use the popular data analysis language R directly on constructing a cloud computing platform. By using resource virtualization techniques, computing resource environment is virtualized into R cluster based on given configurations. By allocating different R machines from R cluster to specified data analysis service, we solve the problem that data analysis algorithms implemented in R should be run in single-user mode only and cannot be customized. After verification, this method simplifies the work of translating data analysis algorithms and speeds up the process of constructing a cloud computing platform for data analysis.