Re: [galaxy-user] Very very slow response when a class is using Galaxy from a computer room in the university

2013-08-23 Thread Dave Clements
Hello all, Thanks to Ido's post there is now a compute platforms for teaching page on the wiki: http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Teach/ComputingPlatforms It currently has too much information, and also, not enough information. I'll keep massaging it through at least the end of this month and wil

Re: [galaxy-user] Very very slow response when a class is using Galaxy from a computer room in the university

2013-08-21 Thread Dave Clements
Dear Ido, The load on the Galaxy project public server ("main", aka usegalaxy.org) is often heavy and it's unpredictable when that will happen. As such teaching using main is not, um, recommended. About 18 months ago, the Galaxy project switched from using main for workshops to using cloud-based

[galaxy-user] Very very slow response when a class is using Galaxy from a computer room in the university

2013-08-21 Thread Ido Carmel
Dear Sir/Madam, My Name is Ido Carmel, I am teaching the course titled "Advanced bioinformatics" in the Faculty of Agriculture in the Hebrew University (Israel). This year (around May), I used the Galaxy platform on the internet in a hands-on session about NGS data analysis. The session took plac