[BiO BB] Web-based BLAST Services

[Kravitz, Saul]

We have developed a web-based implementation of BLAST as part of the CAMERA project (http://calit2.camera.net).  Although we realize that there are a number of parallel implementations of BLAST,  I am interested in the capabilities of web-based deployments of BLAST.  Specifically, there capacities as measured in terms of:
   - Maximum number of query sequences
   - Maximum total size of the query sequences
   - Maximum number or data volume of hits returned  (NCBI seems to be 500)
   - Maximum Total Search Time  (NCBI is 1 Hr)
 
In CAMERA's case, the numbers today are:
   - Maximum number of query sequences -- we've tested to 250k
   - Maximum total size of the query sequences -- we've tested to 100Mbp
   - Maximum number or data volume of hits returned  (we've tested to several hundred thousand)
   - Maximum Total Search Time  (None so far)
 
Regards,
 
Saul Kravitz
J. Craig Venter Institute