Hello
I would like to pose a question to computer scientists and other researchers using NGS about the server hardware, OS and software for NGS analysis.
In a few months I will be working with RNA-seq data from an Illumina GAII, with the data I am going to align the reads with the reference BAC libraries and ESTs available, annotate candidate genes and find SNPs for further plant breeding experiments. I am also going to generate a database so that all the data generated from the RNA-seq and my analysis can be used for future use.
My supervisor has asked me to handle purchasing, setting up and maintaining the server for this project. The IT director likes dell servers and has mentioned getting another dell for this project. But I just cringe at the thought of running Linus on a dell.
I personally want a Sun Fire x64 server with Solaris OS mainly because of the ZFS.
Considering the RNA-seq analysis software and storage/backup of 100s of Gb -- Which sever hardware and OS system would work best?
I want to thank you in advance for your opinion.
I would like to pose a question to computer scientists and other researchers using NGS about the server hardware, OS and software for NGS analysis.
In a few months I will be working with RNA-seq data from an Illumina GAII, with the data I am going to align the reads with the reference BAC libraries and ESTs available, annotate candidate genes and find SNPs for further plant breeding experiments. I am also going to generate a database so that all the data generated from the RNA-seq and my analysis can be used for future use.
My supervisor has asked me to handle purchasing, setting up and maintaining the server for this project. The IT director likes dell servers and has mentioned getting another dell for this project. But I just cringe at the thought of running Linus on a dell.
I personally want a Sun Fire x64 server with Solaris OS mainly because of the ZFS.
Considering the RNA-seq analysis software and storage/backup of 100s of Gb -- Which sever hardware and OS system would work best?
I want to thank you in advance for your opinion.
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