On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Harisfazillah Jamel < linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> forwarded to OSDC.my list. > boss, rasenye saya dah forward hari tu :p > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: THChew <teong...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM > Subject: [utm-oss] birgHPC: Instant Computing Cluster for Bioinformatics > To: UTM Open Source Software Group <utm-...@googlegroups.com> > > > birgHPC (Bioinformatic Research Group High Performance Computing) is a > free Linux Live CD distribution based on PelicanHPC and Debian Live. > It is developed by the Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG), Faculty > of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. > > The idea of creating birgHPC comes from the fact that most PCs in the > computer laboratories are under utilised. The students, for example, > only use the computer laboratories during the day but after office > hours and especially during holidays, these PCs are idle. These PCs > can provide valuable computing resources to researchers by simply > converting them into a high performance computing cluster. > Conventional cluster setup, however, is troublesome and lengthy, > involving manual software configurations and installations and not to > mention extra budget. birgHPC aims to simplify these by using Linux > Live CD technology, combining with automated configurations and built- > in software. The main feature of birgHPC is the ability to convert PCs > interconnected within the same private local area network (LAN) to a > high performance computing cluster, specifically for molecular > dynamics studies, using just one CD. Other features included in > birgHPC are the Ganglia cluster monitoring, the auto slots detection, > both OpenMPI and MPICH2 capabilities as well as tools for molecular > dynamics (GROMACS, Grace, DSSP, VMD and PyMol) and bioinformatics > (mpiBLAST and ClustalW-MPI). > > Visit http://birg1.fbb.utm.my/birghpc (or > http://www.birg1.bioscience.utm.my/birghpc > if you are inside UTM) for more information and downloads. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/utm-oss?hl=en > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > > MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification > http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert > -- Muhd Syazwan @ jipang_menjerit http://about.me/syazwan/bio http://blog.ubuntuseekers.com http://blog.syazwan.info jipangmenje...@gmail.com jipang_menje...@ubuntuseekers.com -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert
