From e59da6f21cef3b707d51267a148dccbc86912f0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pjotr Prins Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 10:04:26 +0000 Subject: Added info on software --- general/help/facilities.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/general/help/facilities.md b/general/help/facilities.md index 2647696..b0d508a 100644 --- a/general/help/facilities.md +++ b/general/help/facilities.md @@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ The core GeneNetwork team maintains modern Linux servers and storage systems for genetic, genomic, and phenome analyses. Machines are located in the main UTHSC machine room of the Lamar Alexander Building -at UTHSC (Memphis campus). The whole team has access to this space -for upgrades and hardware maintenance. Issues and work packages are -tracked through a Trello board and we use git repositories for -documentation (all available on request). +at UTHSC (Memphis campus). The whole team has access to this space for +upgrades and hardware maintenance. We use remote racadm and/or ipmi on +all important machines. Issues and work packages are tracked through a +Trello board and we use git repositories for documentation (all +available on request). This computing facility has four computer racks dedicated to GeneNetwork-related work. Each rack has a mix of Dell PowerEdge @@ -53,3 +54,10 @@ use ISAAC and storage facilities for public-facing web services because of stringent security requirements. ISAAC however, can be highly useful for precomputed genomics and genetics results using standardized pipelines. + +The software stack is maintained and deployed throughout with GNU +Guix, a modern software package manager. All current tools are +maintained on +http://git.genenetwork.org/guix-bioinformatics/guix-bioinformatics. +Dr Garrison's pangenome tools are packaged on +https://github.com/ekg/guix-genomics. -- cgit v1.2.3