In article <552p3u$j7c at netnews.upenn.edu>, ellis at vesicle.dental.upenn.edu
(Ellis Golub) wrote:
> Until recently, we mounted the full GCG database suite locally. Then we ran
> out of disk space. We are now considering whether to permanently stop
> mounting the databases locally, or to increase the disk capacity of our
> system to once again contain the databases.
>> I am intersted in the experiences/soutions taken by other sites. In
> considering this issue, some users report that they can search the public
> databases more quickly than they had been able to search the local databases
> previously, and they worry that as the size increases, searching speed will
> decrease further.
>> I would very much appreciate hearing from users and system administrators on
> this subject.
>> --
> Ellis Golub Phone: (215) 898-4629
> Biochemistry Department FAX: (215) 898-3695
> University of Pennsylvania ellis at biochem.dental.upenn.edu> School of Dental Medicine
> 4001 Spruce Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19104-6003
This is from downtown Philadelphia !
We maintain all the databases locally. Genbank is updated weekly.
We work with a SGI and till now have the databases (GenBank, Genpept, PIR,
Swiss) on one disc and PDB on another.I will shortly have to move the
protein databases to accomodate GenBank.
I am curious how the GCG programs will work without local
databases. For eg. 'stringsearch' or even 'fetch' ? Ultimately, ofcourse
all these
programs will have to work over the network.
Regards!
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Laboratory for Applied Computing Fax: 215 923 2117
Kimmel Cancer Center devjani at calvin.jci.tju.edu
Thomas Jefferson University
233 S. 10th Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
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