We received a consultation from a customer involved in pharmaceutical-related research who would like to consider a workstation for bioinformatics analysis with a budget of 200 million yen.
At the time of contacting us, we have not decided on the software to be used, but we are requesting a configuration that can be used for all types of analysis, including RNA-Seq analysis, single-cell RNA-Seq analysis, metagenomic analysis, and shotgun metagenomic analysis. Masu.
In addition, since there is a possibility that upgrades such as adding or replacing parts may be performed after installation, we have received a condition that the machine to be installed should be configured with emphasis on the performance of parts that are difficult to add or expand later, such as the CPU.
Based on this information, we proposed the following configuration.
It is a configuration that focuses on the specifications of the CPU, which is a difficult part to upgrade, while taking expandability into consideration.
| CPU | Intel Xeon Gold 6430 (2.10GHz 32 cores) x2 |
| memory | 256GB REG ECC |
| storage | 2TB SSD M.2 NVMe Gen4 |
| Video | NVIDIA T400 4GB |
| network | on board (10GBase-T x2) |
| Housing + power supply | Tower type housing + 1500W |
| OS | Ubuntu 22.04 |
CPU performance and memory capacity that can be used in various analysis methods
This is a dual CPU configuration with a large allocation of CPU costs.
The CPU selected is 4th generation Xeon Scalable series 32-core model Xeon Gold 6430 x2.
The memory capacity is 32GB (8 x 256GB), and the storage is equipped with a 2TB SSD M.2 NVMe Gen4 as a system disk.
For the GPU, we selected NVIDIA T400 4GB (an entry model of workstation video card) considering the budget and balance.
With a total of 64 CPU cores and a memory capacity of 256GB (up to 512GB when expanded), this configuration can be expected to be widely used in a variety of analysis methods.
Configuration focused on scalability within budget
It is designed to be expandable with memory capacity, video cards, etc., with the assumption that parts can be added or upgraded after installation.
There are 8 free slots for memory, so you can expand the total capacity to 32GB by adding 8 x 512GB memory modules.
As for storage, only a system disk is installed in the initial state, and an HDD/SSD for data storage is not installed, but this can be expanded as well.
In addition, the power supply capacity has plenty of room, so it can accommodate video card upgrades.
The configuration of this case study is based on the conditions given by the customer.
We will flexibly propose machines according to your conditions, so please feel free to contact us even if you are considering different conditions than what is listed.
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