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Table 2 Workstation specifications

From: Windows .NET Network Distributed Basic Local Alignment Search Toolkit (W.ND-BLAST)

Class

Processor

Operating System

Number of workstations

RAM

Harddisk Space

A

Dual Xeon 3.0 Ghz

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

1

6 GB

80 GB Ultra320 SCSI RAID0

B

Pentium 4 Extreme 3.2 Ghz

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

1

1 GB

140 GB SATA RAID0

C

Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

2

2 GB

40 GB SATA

D

Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

2

2 GB

80 GB SATA

E

Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

12

1 GB

80 GB SATA

F

Pentium 4 2.0 Ghz

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

1

1 GB

40 GB

G

Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

1

512 MB

40 GB

H

Pentium 4 1.4 Ghz

Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro

1

128 MB

20 GB

I

Pentium 3 M 1.0 Ghz

Microsoft Window 2000 Pro

1

512 MB

20 GB

  1. Different classes of workstations used in testing W.ND-BLAST are given. They are classified according to processor type and speed, OS, RAM, and hard disk space. The number of each workstation class in our lab is also given.