Title :
Development of user-friendly supercomputing portal in bio research field
Author :
Yuasa, Hiroaki ; Iwasaki, Takeshi ; Kurokawa, Motoyoshi ; Shigetani, Takayuki ; Horiki, Tsuyoshi ; Himeno, Ryutaro
Author_Institution :
Adv. Center for Comput. & Commun., RIKEN, Saitama
Abstract :
The RIKEN Super Combined Cluster (RSCC) System in RIKEN Wako Inst., started its operation in March, 2004. A Web portal system called Bio Portal was developed to utilize a Linux cluster (a part of RSCC) for data analysis in the life sciences. A small SMP server was then placed in RIKEN Yokohama Inst., for small analysis, and the Bio Portal integrates both RSCC and this SMP server through the application of Grid technology. The aim of this portal system was to construct a simple data analysis environment for experimental researchers, and to improve performance of data analysis through the use of two differently performing computing resources. In this paper, we describe the Web interface and functions of Bio Portal in detail. Later we explain RSCC, and discuss performance evaluations of the distribution patterns for BLAST jobs. Finally, we propose bio informatics job distribution patterns for high throughput processing
Keywords :
Internet; biology computing; data analysis; grid computing; online front-ends; portals; user interfaces; Bio Portal; Grid technology; Linux cluster; RIKEN Super Combined Cluster System; SMP server; Web interface; Web portal system; bio research; data analysis; high throughput processing; job distribution patterns; life sciences; user-friendly supercomputing portal; Bioinformatics; Computational modeling; Computer interfaces; Data analysis; Graphical user interfaces; Grid computing; Linux; Portals; Proteins; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
e-Science and Grid Computing, 2005. First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2448-6
DOI :
10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2005.32
