manner using distributed cloud environment. MOSAIC helps in high-throughput
optimization of ligand database in parallel manner using distributed cloud environment. It will accelerate the scientific research by carrying out high-throughput
virtual screening and docking in parallel manner. The tool uses the advantages of
cloud computing like dynamic scaling and on-demand computing reducing the
overall cost and helpful in finding optimized ligands. The workflow as discussed is
shown in Fig. 11.
The tool has following features:
• Easy to use for the bioinformatics community which abstracts the complexity of
cloud-based job execution.
• It is supported by a user-friendly interface with user-specific storage area with
login time stamp features.
• Cloud-based high-throughput optimization of ligand database in parallel using
distributed environment.
• Integrated browser-based visualization for optimized ligand molecules.
• OpenStack-based cloud environment facilitates users with on-demand scalable
virtualized resources.
• Configurable orchestration mechanism for virtual hardware configuration.
• Generalized configurable solution for any OpenStack-based cloud using openrc
script.
Fig. 10 Cloud configuration of MOSAIC tool
362
R. R. Joshi et al.