The tl;dr short story - I've come across about $5,000 I can use to build a machine, and this money has to be spent by Friday. I'd like some help spec'ing out a machine that can be used as a small-scale production Galaxy server for internal use by a handful of folks.
Would anyone be willing to talk with me tomorrow morning, Thursday May 3, and tell me about your experience setting up a Galaxy installation on a scale like this? With about $5k to spend, what kind of hardware should I prioritize? I'd also like to get a sense of how much admin time is required to keep things running smoothly, updated, backed up, etc.
I've had a difficult time getting ITS to help me get Galaxy running on the university's cluster. This will hopefully be a proof of principal that people here want this - hopefully I can get enough people here using this small-scale installation that the university ITS realizes the demand and has more motivation to get things working on the cluster.
Many thanks,
Stephen
----------------------------------------- Stephen D. Turner, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Core Director University of Virginia School of Medicine bioinformatics.virginia.edu