The SSCC has two varieties of Stata. Standard Stata uses just one processor, but Stata/MP can take advantage of up to 32 processors for a huge increase in performance. Use it whenever you have a Stata job that's taking a long time due to computations, such as mixed models or multiple imputation (unfortunately it can't help with loading large data sets). No need to change your do files, just how you run them.
Stata/MP32 licenses are very expensive, so we have a limited number of them. If you are told all the licenses are in use you'll need to wait until one becomes available.
Winstat
On Winstat, right-click on a do file and choose Execute StataMP Batch Mode. Stata will not start its usual graphical user interface: it will simply run your do file and then quit. A log file with the same name as your do file will be created in the same directory as your do file automatically, but any log using commands will be honored as well. Please note that in accordance with the SSCC’s Server Usage Policy, Stata/MP on Winstat will actually use 8 cores.
Unfortunately this method will not work if the name of your do file or any of the folders it is located in contain spaces. Rename things like U:\My Dissertation\My Do Files\My Do File.do to U:\MyDissertation\MyDoFiles\MyDoFile.do.
Linstat
On Linstat, do files run using the stata, xstata, and slurm commands will be run using Stata/MP. If you use xstata to get a graphical user interface, be sure to close Stata as soon as your done actively using it so the license becomes available to others.
Last Revised: 10/31/2018