The Tufts High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster delivers 35,845,920 cpu hours and 59,427,840 gpu hours of free compute time per year to the user community.
Teraflops: 60+ (60+ trillion floating point operations per second) cpu: 4000 cores gpu: 6784 cores Interconnect: 40GB low latency ethernet
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Katherine L. Tucker
- Zachary.Munro
Use of the Bioinformatics cluster has been invaluable to Katherine L. Tucker and her colleague's research. They use a genetic analysis software named SOLAR which is Linux/Unix based. This software and the methods used in it are cutting edge. They are able to perform various genetic computations with ease. In the past some student has had to do these calculations by hand because of a lack of access to such software. However, hand calculations are only possible for small sample sizes and simple genetic analysis. Their current work with Solar includes over 5,000 individuals and they are using some of the most advanced methods available. The cluster allows them to do large computational runs that would not be otherwise possible. Thus, their current work would not have been possible without access to SOLAR on the bioinformatics cluster. In addition, this type of analysis is being more common and will be a greater part of their efforts in future years. Use of the bioinformatics cluster helps their research to remain competitive and important in their grant application process. Their lab is the first to use SOLAR on the bioinformatics cluster, however, since they have been using it, many labs have inquired about how to gain access.
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