[Bio-Linux] Distributed computing

[Tony Travis]

Milo Thurston wrote:
> Dear All,
> I just spotted this link concerning the "Berkeley Open Infrastructure for 
> Network Computing". 
> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
> Given the requirements for setting up one's own project it might not be
> of much use to us right now, but you may find it interesting.
> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/parallelize.php

Hello, Milo.

I tried using the boinc client for the seti @ home project:

	http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

However, we're now folding proteins - that's more appropriate for RRI!

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=RowettResearchInstitute

What did you have in mind for boinc under Bio-Linux?

I'm interested in P2P computing + P2P databases. As you might remember 
from my recent visit to NEBC, I want to create a Bio-Linux based 'black 
box' for my NuGO work. Do you think boinc might be useful to spread the 
computational burden of analysing DNA microarray data, for example?

	Tony.
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