[BiO BB] Re: Apple Mac OS X server

[Ian Donaldson]

Hi Govind

You might want to check out the BioTeam web-site.  They have a freely
available OS X Bioinformatics Application installer. You might also ask them
about optimizing apps for OSX and benchmark comparisons to Linux.

http://rt.bioteam.net:8080/metadot/index.pl?iid=2377

Ian



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Sent: July 15, 2005 12:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [BiO BB] Re: Apple Mac OS X server


Hi Govind,

I have run all of those apps on a G5 except for rasmol. The HMMer code
in particular runs very quickly due to the altivec optimization. A
dual G5 runs HMMer faster than a quad SGI Tezro, and costs 90% less!

Marty

On 7/15/05, govind mk <mkgovindis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are in the process of procuring a server and need
> to evaluate the feasibility of the Apple Mac OS X
> server  (PowerPC G5 processor) as a platform for
> running bioinformatics applications.
>
> I have had a look at the website
> http://www.apple.com/science/software/lifescience.html.
>
> I would like to know if there has been a specific
> problem anyone has experienced with regards to
> installing and executing general bioinformatics tools
> like (BLAST,HMMER,BLAT, Bioperl,Emboss rasmol etc..)
> and would also be happy if one could provide a
> comparison between Linux and Mac server.
>
> Thankyou,
>
> Regards,
> Govind
>
>
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