Illumina Genome Analyzer + Grid Engine

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rayr...@gmail.com

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Feb 19, 2008, 2:31:00 AM2/19/08
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> In order to operate the Illumina Genome Analyzer, a working SGE installation is required.

So a GE cluster is a system requirement? Can the machine just simply
dump data to a SAN?

Rayson



Sean Davis

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Feb 19, 2008, 7:01:05 AM2/19/08
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On Feb 19, 2008 2:31 AM, rayr...@gmail.com <rayr...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > In order to operate the Illumina Genome Analyzer, a working SGE installation is required.

This is not true. The GA pipeline CAN benefit from SGE running, but
it is not necessary.

> So a GE cluster is a system requirement? Can the machine just simply
> dump data to a SAN?

Yes. An eight-core machine with 16GB of RAM is plenty for running the
pipeline.

Sean

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