Is it possible to run MLwiN on a Citrix-desktop?
• We are currently re-designing our network, which means that our MLwiN users will have to access the data MLwiN uses through a Citrix-“window” and they will not be allowed to put the data onto their local hard disk. This means that MLwiN cannot run on their computers but must reside in the secure network, and either be processed on the Citrix-server/Citrix-desktop, or running on a dedicated application-server. • We do not have a Citrix system here to test MLwiN on, so cannot give a definitive answer, however we have had reports of people using MLwiN successfully on this and similar systems. MLwiN 2.10 should have more success that previous versions as it no longer attempts to write files temporarily to its program directory. One thing to note is that MLwiN loads the whole data set being analysed into memory, so if your users are running models on large data sets on the same machine you may run into memory issues. Running more complex models can also be quite CPU intensive. Whether thi
