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System Administrator's view on RStudio
December 02, 2020

System Administrator's view on RStudio

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with RStudio

RStudio is being used by our research analysts to perform statistical probabilities of different treatments for end-stage renal disease in America to find out who is more likely to suffer from this disease and what are statistically the best treatment avenues available for dialysis patients. RStudio is used by approximately 15 analysts to perform these studies.
  • Flexability
  • Package update
  • Community support
  • Documentation
  • Better packaging of dependencies for packages regarding the Linux OS being used
  • More support for mixed OS environments
  • RStudio Server Professional installation support for Windows OS
  • Increased technical burden
  • Faster completion of research projects
  • Centralized administration of users and projects
We use RStudio alongside SAS and Stata. RStudio is a very powerful tool and in experienced hands, it can do everything needed. On the other side of this, there is a huge learning curve before a user can become proficient with RStudio. A major downside with Rstudio Server Professional is that it is not supported to be installed on Windows Server. Our environment is nearly all built around Windows protocols. Introducing RStudio Server Professional forced us into a mixed environment, which created many technical complications that needed to be addressed. SAS, on the other hand, supports Windows installations, making their enterprise solutions much easier to manage.
My experience with RStudio hasn't been much in the way of actual use of the product, but more on the support and management of it in a computer cluster for the analysts that need RStudio for their research. I have found managing the packages a burden when there need to be multiple versions for different scenarios. On the other hand, this is what the analysts seem to prefer. The large array of packages allows them to find what the need to complete their research.