User Interface

RStudio Server enables you to provide a browser based interface (the RStudio IDE) to a version of R running on a remote Linux server. Deploying R and RStudio on a server has a number of benefits, including:

• The ability to access R sessions from any computer in any location;
• Easy sharing of code, data, and other files with colleagues;
• Allowing multiple users to share access to the more powerful compute resources (memory, processors, etc.) available on a well equipped server; and
• Centralized installation and configuration of R, R packages, TeX, and other supporting libraries.

RStudio Server Professional Edition

RStudio Server Professional Edition, adds many enhancements to the open-source version of RStudio Server, including:

• The ability to run multiple concurrent R sessions per-user.
• Flexible use of multiple versions of R on the same server.
• Project sharing for easy collaboration within workgroups.
• Load balancing for increased capacity and higher availability.
• An administrative dashboard that provides insight into active sessions, server health, and monitoring of system-wide and per-user performance and resource metrics;
• Authentication using system accounts, ActiveDirectory, LDAP, SAML, OpenID, or Google Accounts;
• Full support for PAM (including PAM sessions for dynamically provisioning user resources);
• Ability to establish per-user or per-group CPU priorities and memory limits;
• HTTP enhancements including support for SSL and keep-alive for improved performance;
• Ability to restrict access to the server by IP;
• Customizable server health checks; and
• Suspend, terminate, or assume control of user sessions; Impersonate users for assistance and troubleshooting.