Comments on: An Amazon EC2 cluster for BLAST searching ? http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: That Science Blog Meme Thing Going Around | Your bones got a little machine http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-158 That Science Blog Meme Thing Going Around | Your bones got a little machine Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:14:43 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-158 [...] research. I didn’t really feel qualified to comment a length, since it largely stemmed from a ‘what if’ type idea I blogged about. But I gave my perspective [...] [...] research. I didn’t really feel qualified to comment a length, since it largely stemmed from a ‘what if’ type idea I blogged about. But I gave my perspective [...]

]]> By: cariaso http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-34 cariaso Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-34 I've got mpiBLAST working well inside EC2. If you'd like to try it out, you will find this document helpful. <br/><a HREF="http://mpiblast.pbwiki.com/AmazonEC2" REL="nofollow">http://mpiblast.pbwiki.com/AmazonEC2</a><br/><br/>Also see the discussion at <a HREF="http://www.nodalpoint.org/2007/03/05/virtual_bioinformatics_clusters_with_ec2" REL="nofollow">nodalpoint</a><br/><br/>I will be at BioIT World at the end of April, and happy to discuss this topic with others.<br/><br/><br/>Mike Cariaso * Bioinformatics Software * <a HREF="http://www.cariaso.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.cariaso.com/</a> I’ve got mpiBLAST working well inside EC2. If you’d like to try it out, you will find this document helpful.
http://mpiblast.pbwiki.com/AmazonEC2

Also see the discussion at nodalpoint

I will be at BioIT World at the end of April, and happy to discuss this topic with others.

Mike Cariaso * Bioinformatics Software * http://www.cariaso.com/

]]> By: Andrew Perry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Andrew Perry Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:44:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-33 Yes, I was given a beta account last week ... so it took just under a month. Shame I don't have as much time to spend playing with it now, but I'll still poke away at it slowly over the next few months. Looks like Peter has done most of the heavy lifting for MPI with his <a HREF="http://www.datawrangling.com/on-demand-mpi-cluster-with-python-and-ec2-part-1-of-3.html" REL="nofollow">On-Demand MPI Cluster with Python and EC2</a> tutorial. Pretty sweet ! Yes, I was given a beta account last week … so it took just under a month. Shame I don’t have as much time to spend playing with it now, but I’ll still poke away at it slowly over the next few months. Looks like Peter has done most of the heavy lifting for MPI with his On-Demand MPI Cluster with Python and EC2 tutorial. Pretty sweet !

]]> By: Andrew Mitry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Andrew Mitry Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:23:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-32 Did Amazon give you an EC2 beta slot yet? I just tried to sign up for EC2 and got the same message - just curious how long it'll be before they open more slots. Did Amazon give you an EC2 beta slot yet? I just tried to sign up for EC2 and got the same message - just curious how long it’ll be before they open more slots.

]]> By: Peter http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Peter Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:42:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-26 I've started posting a tutorial describing a "roll-your-own" style MPI cluster on EC2. By the end, I'll upload a public ami and some benchmark results. I'm hoping Amazon can find a way to support faster interconnect for at least a subset of the machines.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.datawrangling.com/on-demand-mpi-cluster-with-python-and-ec2-part-1-of-3.html" REL="nofollow">On-Demand MPI Cluster with Python and EC2 (part 1 of 3)</a> I’ve started posting a tutorial describing a “roll-your-own” style MPI cluster on EC2. By the end, I’ll upload a public ami and some benchmark results. I’m hoping Amazon can find a way to support faster interconnect for at least a subset of the machines.

On-Demand MPI Cluster with Python and EC2 (part 1 of 3)

]]> By: Andrew Perry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Andrew Perry Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:55:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-24 I'm guessing I'll probably just have to sit tight and wait for Amazon to open up some more EC2 'beta' slots. In the meantime, I've tried to start playing with S3 in preparation ... it's been 48 hours and my account is still not 'authorized' .. not that I'm in any hurry, but my credit card appears valid for buying books and junk from Amazon, so I don't see why authorization should take this long. Anyhow, no choice but to just wait for them to do what they've gotta do ....<br/><br/>----<br/><br/><i>If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent</i> -- <b>(Sir) Isaac Newton</b><br/><br/><i>I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end</i> -- <b>Margaret Thatcher</b> I’m guessing I’ll probably just have to sit tight and wait for Amazon to open up some more EC2 ‘beta’ slots. In the meantime, I’ve tried to start playing with S3 in preparation … it’s been 48 hours and my account is still not ‘authorized’ .. not that I’m in any hurry, but my credit card appears valid for buying books and junk from Amazon, so I don’t see why authorization should take this long. Anyhow, no choice but to just wait for them to do what they’ve gotta do ….

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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent — (Sir) Isaac Newton

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end — Margaret Thatcher

]]> By: Evan http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Evan Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:02:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-23 I looked into this same possibility when EC2 was first announced, and decided that it wasn't worth the hassle, mainly for the persistence and memory issues you mention. Plus at the time infrastructure for deploying EC2 instances wasn't good. It has probably improved by now.<br/><br/>I do have an EC2 beta account that I never used. I assume it is still valid. Maybe I could transfer it to you somehow? I looked into this same possibility when EC2 was first announced, and decided that it wasn’t worth the hassle, mainly for the persistence and memory issues you mention. Plus at the time infrastructure for deploying EC2 instances wasn’t good. It has probably improved by now.

I do have an EC2 beta account that I never used. I assume it is still valid. Maybe I could transfer it to you somehow?

]]> By: Greg http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Greg Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:55:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-22 I'm having dificulty with the comments on the blogger system, as they are all in Chinese with no option to get back to English...<br/><br/>I don't have trackbacks running on nodalpoint so I'll do it manually:<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.nodalpoint.org/2007/03/05/virtual_bioinformatics_clusters_with_ec2" REL="nofollow">http://www.nodalpoint.org/2007/03/05/virtual_bioinformatics_clusters_with_ec2</a><br/><br/>Hopefully, Amazon's EC2 people will come across this post and open up an account for you. I would be genuinely interested in seeing how something like this would work as a intermediate step between having a virtual cluster and putting down big money for your own hardware.<br/><br/>Especially as a lot of institutions are adverse to spending money. At lease the powers that be at UNSW were : I’m having dificulty with the comments on the blogger system, as they are all in Chinese with no option to get back to English…

I don’t have trackbacks running on nodalpoint so I’ll do it manually:

http://www.nodalpoint.org/2007/03/05/virtual_bioinformatics_clusters_with_ec2

Hopefully, Amazon’s EC2 people will come across this post and open up an account for you. I would be genuinely interested in seeing how something like this would work as a intermediate step between having a virtual cluster and putting down big money for your own hardware.

Especially as a lot of institutions are adverse to spending money. At lease the powers that be at UNSW were :

]]> By: David http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-21 David Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:09:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/03/04/an-amazon-ec2-cluster-for-blast-searching/#comment-21 <i>(Actually EC2 instances have shared gigabit interconnects , but since several instances might share the same ethernet card, gigabit performance 'per node' can't be expected. I guess the 250 Mb/s figure means that there are probably four EC2 instances per physical server/ethernet card ??).</i><br/><br/>Each physical system is dual processor, with two instances per system.<br/><br/>- Dave (Actually EC2 instances have shared gigabit interconnects , but since several instances might share the same ethernet card, gigabit performance ‘per node’ can’t be expected. I guess the 250 Mb/s figure means that there are probably four EC2 instances per physical server/ethernet card ??).

Each physical system is dual processor, with two instances per system.

- Dave

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