Can I run matlab, interacting with its GUI, on another PC?
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I have a very small and old PC, which I use mostly as a terminal to interact with servers, which are very powerful instead. They run windows, and I cannot connect to them graphically (if not just occasionally, e.g. when I need to set them up).
I need to run matlab, and I need to run it on that server. How do I achieve that? Can I install matlab both on my pc and on that server and tell my matlab "run the actual code on the other computer, as a worker" in a kind of "parallel computing toolbox" fashion? Is there any other way? I can open any ssh tunnel to that server, if it helps, but not run ssh -x, as it's windows. BTW, my programs also make use of compiled mex functions.
I have academic campus licenses, so I can use all releases of matlab and the number of licenses is not an issue.
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Jan
on 21 Jun 2022
"I cannot connect to them graphically" - why not? With RDP or VNC the problem is trivial to solve.
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Jan
on 21 Jun 2022
This sounds like a job for the Parallel Server: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab-parallel-server/index.html?searchHighlight=matlab%20parallel%20server
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Raymond Norris
on 21 Jun 2022
I agree with Jan's suggestion.
@Luca Presotto you mentioned MEX-files -- are all the machines running the same OS?
Jan
on 22 Jun 2022
If you want to keep all data on the server, VNC or RDP is the best choice. What about using a server version of Windows? You are violating the license agreement of Windows, if you access the computer with 2 sessions ate the same time.
An Alternative is to install a bare-metal Windows Server to run two HyperV machines on the server. As far as I remember the HyperV-Server can be used for free: https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/how-to-install-hyper-v-r2/free-server-core/
Luca Presotto
on 22 Jun 2022
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Raymond Norris
on 22 Jun 2022
Then MEX-files shouldn't be a problem. I would agree with Jan's suggestion of using MATLAB Parallel Server.
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