CloVR: a virtual machine for automated and portable sequence analysis from the desktop using cloud computing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Next-generation sequencing technologies have decentralized sequence acquisition, increasing the demand for new bioinformatics tools that are easy to use, portable across multiple platforms, and scalable for high-throughput applications. Cloud computing platforms provide on-demand access to computing infrastructure over the Internet and can be used in combination with custom built virtual machines to distribute pre-packaged with pre-configured software.

Results

We describe the Cloud Virtual Resource, CloVR, a new desktop application for push-button automated sequence analysis that can utilize cloud computing resources. CloVR is implemented as a single portable virtual machine (VM) that provides several automated analysis pipelines for microbial genomics, including

SUBMITTER: Angiuoli SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3228541 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature