Grid as a bioinformatic tool

  • Authors:
  • N. Jacq;C. Blanchet;C. Combet;E. Cornillot;L. Duret;K. Kurata;H. Nakamura;T. Silvestre;V. Breton

  • Affiliations:
  • Laboratoire de Pysique Corpusculaire, Université Blaise Pascal/IN2P3-CNRS UMR 6533 and Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes, Université Blaise Pascal/CNRS UMR 6023, Bât. Bio A, Ced ...;Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines IBCP, CNRS - Université de Lyon, UMR 5086, 7 passage du Vercors, 69007 Lyon, France;Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines IBCP, CNRS - Université de Lyon, UMR 5086, 7 passage du Vercors, 69007 Lyon, France;Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes, Université Blaise Pascal/CNRS UMR 6023, Bât. Bio A, 24 av des Landais, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France;Laboratoire de Biologie et Biométrie Evolutive, Project HELIX - INRIA Rhône-Alpes, Pôle Bioinformatique Lyonnais, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I/CNRS UMR 5558, 43 bd du 11 ...;Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan;Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan;Laboratoire de Biologie et Biométrie Evolutive, Project HELIX - INRIA Rhône-Alpes, Pôle Bioinformatique Lyonnais, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I/CNRS UMR 5558, 43 bd du 11 ...;Laboratoire de Pysique Corpusculaire, Université Blaise Pascal/IN2P3-CNRS UMR 6533, 24 av des Landais, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • Parallel Computing - Special issue: High-performance parallel bio-computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The grid is a promising tool to resolve the crucial issue of software and data integration in biology. In this paper, we have reported on our experience in the deployment of bioinformatic grid applications within the framework of the DataGrid project. These applications inquired the potential impact of grids for CPU demanding algorithms and bioinformatics web portals and for the update and distribution of biological databases.Grid computing tests showed how resources sharing improves the current practice of bioinformatics. Reached performance demonstrated the interest of the grid tool.