Phylogenetic Code in the Cloud - Can it Meet the Expectations?

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serval:BIB_1F5A96C03D27
Type
A part of a book
Publication sub-type
Chapter: chapter ou part
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Publications
Institution
Title
Phylogenetic Code in the Cloud - Can it Meet the Expectations?
Title of the book
Healthgrid Applications and Core Technologies
Author(s)
Kraut A., Moretti S., Robinson-Rechavi M., Stockinger H., Flanders D.
Publisher
IOS Press
ISSN
0926-9630 ([print])
ISSN-L
0926-9630
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
159
Series
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Pages
55-63
Language
english
Abstract
Cloud computing has recently become very popular, and several bioinformatics applications exist already in that domain. The aim of this article is to analyse a current cloud system with respect to usability, benchmark its performance and compare its user friendliness with a conventional cluster job submission system. Given the current hype on the theme, user expectations are rather high, but current results show that neither the price/performance ratio nor the usage model is very satisfactory for large-scale embarrassingly parallel applications. However, for small to medium scale applications that require CPU time at certain peak times the cloud is a suitable alternative.
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