Hermes: Seamless delivery of containerized bioinformatics workflows in hybrid cloud (HTC) environments

Autor: Athanassios M. Kintsakis, Fotis E. Psomopoulos, Andreas L. Symeonidis, Pericles A. Mitkas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: SoftwareX, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 217-224 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-7110
DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2017.07.007
Popis: Hermes introduces a new “describe once, run anywhere” paradigm for the execution of bioinformatics workflows in hybrid cloud environments. It combines the traditional features of parallelization-enabled workflow management systems and of distributed computing platforms in a container-based approach. It offers seamless deployment, overcoming the burden of setting up and configuring the software and network requirements. Most importantly, Hermes fosters the reproducibility of scientific workflows by supporting standardization of the software execution environment, thus leading to consistent scientific workflow results and accelerating scientific output. Keywords: Bioinformatics, Hybrid cloud, Scientific workflows, Distributed computing
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