Hello everyone,
We are planning to analyze around 70 to 80 BAM files (for SNV detection) in the lab. However, we lack the proper hardware as our PI wants to be sure that we can do the analysis before he invests in anything. Do you think that AWS EC2 T micro would suffice, at least for a brief period of time. Thanks in advance.
Regards, Farid Ahadli.
I suppose you're interested in
t2.micro
because it's within the Free Tier. Unfortunately, the answer is no.Is AWS (or cloud computing in general) useful? Absolutely.
If you've decided on AWS as a provider, I think the following article on
AWS Batch
might be helpful: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/building-high-throughput-genomics-batch-workflows-on-aws-introduction-part-1-of-4/This question can be quite tricky to answer. AWS will suffice as long as you have command line unix expertise available and know how to use AWS properly. There can be security considerations along with dynamic costs that can add up quickly.
What program are you planning to use? You would need to use an AWS instance that has the necessary compute requirements as that program.
Guessing an EC2 free tier micro instance is unlikely to meet your needs for genome-scale BAM analysis. As academics, are you perhaps eligible for free credits at AWS or Azure that could get you started.