In this post we'll dive into the technical details of how one can expose data in an iRODS zone as S3 object storage. What is Minio? - https://minio.io/ Minio is an open source object storage server with Amazon S3 compatible API. Build cloud-native applications portable across all major...
BioTeam's end-of-BioIT World session evolved again this year. Having changed in 2017 from Chris Dagdigian's popular 'Trends from the Trenches' solo presentation to a panel of BioTeam consultants, 2018 saw a further change to a Town Hall format with the welcome addition of non-BioTeam perspectives...
With the growth in the use of cloud environments, are the mainstays of traditional HPC, MPI (Message Passing Interface) and HPC Schedulers such as Grid Engine and SLURM, reaching end of life or will they be with us for a while to come? BioTeam's Chris...
Your organization has moved to the cloud, you can now provision servers in seconds, auto-scale at will but whose job is it to care for this cloud infrastructure? IT is responsible for the on-prem infrastructure but who's responsible for the infrastructure in the cloud? What...
[rev_slider alias="bio--it-panel-2017"] After many years of Chris Dagdigian wrapping up Bio-IT World with his popular Trends from the Trenches talks, BioTeam adopted a team approach in 2017. Members of BioTeam gave brief presentations on a variety of Bio-IT-related topics as part of a moderated panel. These...
There were some interesting questions at 2017's Bio-IT World Town Hall. This is a short clip of the panel discussing the challenges of finding staff with the necessary skills for modern Bio-IT. ...
In this week’s HPCwire, BioTeam’s Ari Berman explores the scientific advances that have lead to this growing data challenge and discusses both the IT implications of managing and utilizing these quantities of data and the challenges these volumes of data present to the scientist...
In part two of the Berman and Gardner interview (Part 1 here) the discussion turns to storage technology options, fast networking for life sciences, and diversifying choices in processors from Intel, AMD, and IBM, , . They consider technology examples and issues of power utilization, raw...
In the March 1st issue of HPCwire, BioTeam's Ari Berman and Aaron Gardner are featured in part 1 of a wide-ranging discussion about trends in High-Performance Computing. Their discussion covers AI, Analytics, and insights into leading strengths and capabilities of premiere cloud platforms. They review...