MetaPhyler

[SDPA_Pet]

Has any one used MetaPhyler before? (http://metaphyler.cbcb.umd.edu/)

Do I need a super computer to run it? or I can run it on desktop?

Is it fast?

Thanks

[Brian E]

It should run fine on a desktop. As for fast, it could take a day to run, depending on your sample. But that's kind of par for the course when you're trying to classify millions of sequences.

[SDPA_Pet]

Thank you. What does "par for the course" mean?

Do I need a very good desktop (e.g. 8 cpus?)

Thanks

[Brian E]

Sorry, it's a golf reference. I mean that it's typical for analyses to take many hours.

I've not actually used it myself, but it was used one a project I'm on, and I trust that analysis more than some of the others. From the results I have that someone else did on his Mac, it took around 8 hours to do (I think) three lanes of assembled HiSeq data (around 100 MB total length). I don't have specs for his computer though.
On their website, they say that their short read version MetaPhylerSRV0.115 processes 10 M reads in 50 minutes on a single processor. Since it can be parallel though, the more processors the better.
I'd say give it a shot and see what you get. f you want, reduce your dataset to 100 K reads first and see how long that takes on your computer.

[SDPA_Pet]

Thanks. Are you sure it can run on a Mac? I didn't know that. I have a really Mac. I suppose it can only run on linux, so I planned to look for a linux server.

[Brian E]

I could be wrong, but I thought he did it on his Mac.