Hardware requirement for Meta genomics analysis

[roshanbernard]

Hi guys,

We are planning to perform a meta-genomic analysis using Iontorrent 16s amplicon sequencing.

However, i would like to know what is the decent configuration for the Computer hardware... currently i use i5 with octacore processor, 16Gb ram.

We are planning to upgrade into better computer system..

Any idea using a "server" would be a best option??.. i heard amazon provides the server for analysis.

Any info on this would be of major help

Thanks in advance

Rosh