Excellent. Thanks so much for your response. Regards, AJP On 2/7/11 4:21 PM, "Folker Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote: Let's discuss tomorrow. Short answer is yes. We are bottlenecked because new version of mg-RAST is taking off. -- Sent from mobile device On Feb 7, 2011, at 2:07 PM, "Powell Phd, Amy Jo" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks so much for the follow up on my query about implementing MG Rast on our machines here. I am looking forward to speaking with you tomorrow afternoon. On a different but related note, I see that the jobs I uploaded to the MG Rast server **do not appear** to have progressed beyond the 3 green squares point (i.e, the progress bar). Are these jobs in fact still being actively computed, i.e., are my current jobs progressing? They **appear** to be stalled. But I could just be seeing a compute power bottle neck ...? Please provide an update on the status of these jobs (beyond what I can see of the server in my account), if possible. Related to this last point, would it be OK with you (& others at MG Rast), if I uploaded more large datasets for analysis on the MG Rast servers? I ask, b/c I don't want to completely choke the MG Rast server. Thanks very much for any guidance you can provide on these points. Regards, AJP On 2/4/11 1:53 PM, "Mark D'Souza" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Amy, Sorry for the delay, we will get in touch with you over the phone. Mark ----- Original Message -----

From: "Powell Phd, Amy Jo" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: "Mark D'Souza" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 1:21:15 PM Subject: Portable/downloadable MG Rast for Sandia bioinformatics servers? Hi Mark,

Is there a portable/downloadable/open source version of MG Rast that we could put on our servers we're building here?

The main advantage in having a local MG Rast is of course computing efficiency for big jobs.

Thanks, AJP

Amy J. Powell, Ph.D.

Sandia National Laboratories Department of Bioenergy & Defense Technology 1515 Eubank Blvd., SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA

Telephone: (505)284-8050 Fax: (505)284-1323

"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."

Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize winner in Physics

Amy J. Powell, Ph.D. Sandia National Laboratories Department of Bioenergy & Defense Technology 1515 Eubank Blvd., SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA Telephone: (505)284-8050 Fax: (505)284-1323 "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough." Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize winner in Physics Amy J. Powell, Ph.D. Sandia National Laboratories Department of Bioenergy & Defense Technology 1515 Eubank Blvd., SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA Telephone: (505)284-8050 Fax: (505)284-1323 "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough." Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize winner in Physics