Reducing the Complexity in Complex Genetics

When its growing computing and storage needs required the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Human Genetics to upgrade its Linux cluster, Assistant Professor Dr. Michael Barmada set his sights on a 250-processor Xserve G5 cluster. Why? ''Initially, I thought of moving to the Xserve because of the easier administration,'' he says. ''But it also gives us much more power and potential than before.''