Re: imageJ + distributed computing

Posted by Guha, Rajarshi (NIH/NHGRI) [C] on Sep 29, 2010; 8:50pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/imageJ-distributed-computing-tp3686733p3686743.html

This sounds like a task for a Hadoop or Terracotta solution

Personally, I'd like to see something on these lines (over time we will need
t batch process large quantities of images)


On 9/29/10 4:47 PM, "Sean, Founder CloudSpree" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Is this something many imageJ users would be interested in?
>
> I ask as I am contemplating developing a solution but have no desire to
> reinvent the wheel.
>
> Are many people waiting hours/days/weeks to batch process images?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:47 AM, suendermann <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> as far as I know there is no possibility for ImageJ to distribute processes
>> over more than one node/computer. So you have to start ImageJ/Fiji on every
>> node/computer separatly. Is that right?
>>
>> Greetings
>>  Fred
>>
>>
>> On 26.09.2010 17:21, Albert Cardona wrote:
>>
>>> 2010/9/26 Sean, Founder CloudSpree<[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have experience distributing imageJ across multiple computers
>>>> or
>>>> a cluster to process a very large number of images?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes: run ImageJ jobs in shell scripts that setup a Xvfb (virtual frame
>>> buffer).
>>> At the end, run a closing job that pools all results of the individual
>>> jobs.
>>>
>>> Fiji by the way is able to launch ImageJ without requiring a virtual
>>> frame buffer (use --headless option).
>>>
>>> Albert
>>>
>>

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Rajarshi Guha
NIH Chemical Genomics Center