AMBER Archive (2002)

Subject: AMBER Machine Questions

From: DTphonehome33_at_aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 12:00:33 CDT

Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is David T. Jacobs, and I am a student lab assistant at Yeshiva University in NYC. A small research program is underway at YU, and I am trying to set up a computer system (as of yet I haven't determined what type of system I will use) to simulate protein folding, as a side project of the research program. I wish to use AMBER for this task. As I understand it, protein folding simulations require huge computational power, and I was concerned that the systems we would be able to afford for the project will be underpowered. I was looking at a dual processor 2.4 Ghz Xeon machine, running Linux, from Dell. Do you think that such a machine will be useful, even to a small degree, to simulate protein folding and dynamics with AMBER? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You for your time,
DT Jacobs

CC: Dr. A.M. Mollah, Biology, YU