Abstract. This work handles the optimization of the grid computing performances for a data-intensive and high ”throughput” comparison of protein sequences. We use the word ”throughput” from the telecommunication science to mean the amount of concurrent independent jobs in grid. All the proteins of 355 completely sequenced prokaryotic organisms were compared to find common traits of prokaryotic life, producing in parallel tens of Gigabytes of information to store, duplicate, check and analyze. For supporting a large amount of concurrent runs with data access on shared storage devices and a manageable data format, the output information was stored in many flat files according to a semantic logical/ physical directory structure. As many concurrent runs could cause reading bottleneck on the same storage device, we propose methods to optimize the grid computing based on the balance between wide data access and emergence of reading bottlenecks. The proposed analytical approach has the following advantages: not only it optimizes the duration of the overall task, but also checks if the estimated duration is compliant with the scientific requirements and if the related grid computing is really advantageous compared to an execution on a local farm.

High Throughput Comparison of Prokaryotic Genomes-

Fariselli P.;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Abstract. This work handles the optimization of the grid computing performances for a data-intensive and high ”throughput” comparison of protein sequences. We use the word ”throughput” from the telecommunication science to mean the amount of concurrent independent jobs in grid. All the proteins of 355 completely sequenced prokaryotic organisms were compared to find common traits of prokaryotic life, producing in parallel tens of Gigabytes of information to store, duplicate, check and analyze. For supporting a large amount of concurrent runs with data access on shared storage devices and a manageable data format, the output information was stored in many flat files according to a semantic logical/ physical directory structure. As many concurrent runs could cause reading bottleneck on the same storage device, we propose methods to optimize the grid computing based on the balance between wide data access and emergence of reading bottlenecks. The proposed analytical approach has the following advantages: not only it optimizes the duration of the overall task, but also checks if the estimated duration is compliant with the scientific requirements and if the related grid computing is really advantageous compared to an execution on a local farm.
2008
Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics
Springer
1200
1209
978-3-540-68111-3
LARGE SCALE GENOME COMPARISON; GRID COMPUTING; PROKARYOTS
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