WebDev 2009.06.03-Agenda and Minutes
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Administrative update (Todd, 5 minutes)
WS202 rollout; power failures at CSHL; all services restored.
Describe GFF2 -> GFF3 progress and define deadline (Norie, 10 minutes)
- Norie will have something by Friday.
- Will email Erich and Todd, and commit changes back to repository.
- Add GFF validation step (there are some problems with children with no parents in WS180 GFF3)
- Contact Peter when GFF3 is available
Discuss WormMart handling and maintenance (10 minutes)
- Zheng is running it on server at OICR: res.oicr.on.ca
- We Will plan to add to update pipeline shortly.
- TH: Is there a 'Mart installation at OICR? eg: Can we host WormMart ion existing infrastrucutre?
- LS: Load data into Arek's existing, externally available BioMart
- Arek has dedicated existing mysql database and loads of capacity
- Zheng will talk with Arek about hosting
Job candidates and schedule (10 minutes)
- Scheduling interviews for later this week and next
modENCODE status update (Marc, Peter, Zheng, 10 minutes)
- Zheng: scripted GEO fetching
- Peter: Working with LaDeana Hillier's data, this will be available on WormBase shortly.
- TH: exec function?
- LS: Executes script everytime config is parsed. If not cached, will fetch tracks from modencode, set to reload every hour.
- MP: Snyder project now has about a dozen datasets
- LS: GBrowse server farm at OICR:
Finished installing a browser server farm for modencode: gbrowse.modencode.oicr.on.ca
Load balancing system: 5 machines Two front-end load-balancing machines of 8 cores each: load balancing and rendering Two back-end machines of 8 cores each: rendering Database server with NFS
- TH: will other OICR projects be able to use this architecture?
- LS: possibly ;)