Hi,
Hope someone can help me out with an IT/Systems question.
I currently process fastq files using Trinity for assembly and this roughly takes 4 hours per sample. I have noticed that throughout this time CPU use almost 100% whilst RAM usage maxes out at around 70%.
I am using a standalone workstation with 2 six core processors and 96 Gb RAM. I have access to 5 of these currently and they are all used independently. This is the system I inherited from my predecessor so I am open to change should it increase throughput.
My question is....
Would creation of a small beowulf style cluster using four of the workstations, allow increased system resources and perhaps speed up my assembly and processing time.
I am no overly familiar with the IT infrastructure side of this so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Hope someone can help me out with an IT/Systems question.
I currently process fastq files using Trinity for assembly and this roughly takes 4 hours per sample. I have noticed that throughout this time CPU use almost 100% whilst RAM usage maxes out at around 70%.
I am using a standalone workstation with 2 six core processors and 96 Gb RAM. I have access to 5 of these currently and they are all used independently. This is the system I inherited from my predecessor so I am open to change should it increase throughput.
My question is....
Would creation of a small beowulf style cluster using four of the workstations, allow increased system resources and perhaps speed up my assembly and processing time.
I am no overly familiar with the IT infrastructure side of this so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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