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BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics

birgHPC, a bootable Linux Live CD has been developed to create high-performance clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dynamics studies using any Local Area Network (LAN)-networked computers. birgHPC features automated hardware and slots detection as well as provides a simple job submission inter...

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Main Authors: Teong, Han Chew, Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan, Akma, Farizuwana, Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir
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Published: Oxford University Press 2011
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QA76 Computer software
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44759/
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spelling my.utm.447592017-09-12T07:00:44Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44759/ BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics Teong, Han Chew Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan Akma, Farizuwana Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir QA76 Computer software birgHPC, a bootable Linux Live CD has been developed to create high-performance clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dynamics studies using any Local Area Network (LAN)-networked computers. birgHPC features automated hardware and slots detection as well as provides a simple job submission interface. The latest versions of GROMACS, NAMD, mpiBLAST and ClustalW-MPI can be run in parallel by simply booting the birgHPC CD or flash drive from the head node, which immediately positions the rest of the PCs on the network as computing nodes. Thus, a temporary, affordable, scalable and high-performance computing environment can be built by non-computing-based researchers using low-cost commodity hardware. Oxford University Press 2011 Article PeerReviewed Teong, Han Chew and Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan and Akma, Farizuwana and Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir (2011) BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics. Bioinformatics, 27 (9). pp. 1320-1321. ISSN 1367-4803
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic QA76 Computer software
spellingShingle QA76 Computer software
Teong, Han Chew
Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan
Akma, Farizuwana
Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir
BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
description birgHPC, a bootable Linux Live CD has been developed to create high-performance clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dynamics studies using any Local Area Network (LAN)-networked computers. birgHPC features automated hardware and slots detection as well as provides a simple job submission interface. The latest versions of GROMACS, NAMD, mpiBLAST and ClustalW-MPI can be run in parallel by simply booting the birgHPC CD or flash drive from the head node, which immediately positions the rest of the PCs on the network as computing nodes. Thus, a temporary, affordable, scalable and high-performance computing environment can be built by non-computing-based researchers using low-cost commodity hardware.
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author Teong, Han Chew
Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan
Akma, Farizuwana
Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir
author_facet Teong, Han Chew
Hong, Kwee Joyce Tan
Akma, Farizuwana
Omar, Mohd. Shahir Shamsir
author_sort Teong, Han Chew
title BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
title_short BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
title_full BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
title_fullStr BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
title_full_unstemmed BIRGHPC: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
title_sort birghpc: creating instant computing clusters for bioinformatics and molecular dymics
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44759/
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