Linux Cluster to Power Gene-sequencing Research

By DE Editors

A Linux cluster designed by Tsunamic Technologies (Orlando, FL) is slated to be used to power gene-sequencing research by scientists worldwide. Tsunamic Technologies landed a contract with Integrated Genomics (Chicago IL), a biomedical research firm, to integrate Tsunamic’s high-performance computer (HPC) clusters with Integrated Genomics’ advanced ERGOT bioinformatics software, which is said to feature the largest database of microbial genomes in existence.
 
The research, which analyzes millions of sequences of chromosome pairs, is compute intensive and a recent breakthrough that increased the efficiency of Integrated Genomics’ software by an order of magnitude required a substantial increase in computing power. The company looked to Tsunamic for help.

As a result, Tsunamic provided its expertise in developing and customizing software to link Linux clusters for the unique bioinformatic task. The open source platform used by Tsunamic is preferred by many scientists because of the ability to customize it for specific chores. As a result, the cluster option provided by Tsunamic greatly increase computational power without substantially increasing costs, according to Tsunamic Technologies President John Van Workum. 
 
“By leveraging the latest multi-core processor technologies and strategically managing our computer capacity, we can provide a computing service that is fast enough to keep up with advancing technology and stay cost-effective,” said Van Workum. 
 
For more information, visit clusterondemand.com.
 
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.