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Running Bioinformatics Pipelines Cost Effectively Using MemVerge on AWS

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This article discusses how MemVerge Memory Machine Cloud (MMCloud) on AWS enables running bioinformatics pipelines cost-effectively using Amazon EC2 Spot instances. It highlights key features like SpotSurfer for checkpointing and resuming interrupted instances, WaveWatcher for observability, WaveRider for dynamic rightsizing, and Nextflow integration through the nf-float plugin.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Overview of MMCloud and its key features
  • Use cases:
    • Dynamic resizing and optimization of resources for bioinformatics pipelines
    • Hybrid HPC solution for bursting to AWS from on-premises
    • Running long-running Nextflow pipelines on Spot instances
  • Customer stories from Columbia University and MDI Biological Laboratory
  • Conclusion on the cost-effectiveness of using MMCloud for bioinformatics on AWS


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