Galaxy cloud

[guzhi100]

Hi, does anybody have experiences with Galaxy Cloud?

In amazon cloud website, I can read that there are some free hours and free storage space for new users. Is this enough for initial RNA-Seq analysis???

Are there any traps which might make I run into a huge bill?

[tnabtaf]

The free tier on Amazon is unlikely to be enough for some RNA-Seq analysis.

Current Galaxy Project guidelines on this are at:

http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/Admin/Cloud/CapacityPlanning

However, note that the page is under construction. I can't give you particular cost estimates for different configurations (yet - ask again in a month or two). There is an AWS calculator online. My intuition is that unexpected costs may come from

1. If you leave the server up when you are not using it.
2. Cost of any EBS storage, when the server is up or not.
3. Data transfer is rumored to also be a surprise cost.

but I don't know that from experience (yet). I do believe that if you bring up a server, run your analysis, offload your results, and then shut it down, you will be amazed at how cheap it is.

Dave C.

[guzhi100]

thanks for your reply.
quite helpful