Computing infrastructure

Depending on your needs (project, analysis, ...) and familiarity with command-line, Bilille can give you access to several computing infrastructures including:

• dedicated resources on the mutualised cloud hosted by the Université de Lille mesocenter in the regional Datacenter. This includes high memory virtual machines for resource intensive analysis (e.g. genome assembly).
• dedicated resources on the mutualised SLURM cluster hosted by the Université de Lille mesocenter in the regional Datacenter. This will soon include access to a wide range of pre-installed bioinformatics tools as well as GPUs for specific tasks (Deep Learning, Alphafold, ...).
• personalised support for use of the national IFB-core cluster: https://www.france-bioinformatique.fr/en/ifb-core-cluster/
• personalised support for use of the national cloud federation Biosphere: https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/
• personalised support for use of the national Galaxy infrastructure: https://usegalaxy.fr

For more informations and access to these infrastructures please contact us.

Bilille local infrastructure is historically hosted and administrated by the Université de Lille mesocenter. Thus, Bilille regularly provides funding for the purchase of computing ressources within this mesocenter to guarantee access to dedicated resources.

In 2024, thanks to the MuDiS4LS project, Bilille is investing in dedicated resources on the mutualised SLURM cluster hosted by the Université de Lille mesocenter.

Funding history:

- GIS IBiSA: in 2023 the funding associated with the GIS IBiSA labeling has enabled the renewal of part of the cloud's resources and to increase our capacity for hosting application.

- Université de Lille call for support: in 2019 and 2021 the Université de Lille through its call for support, has financed the renewal of part of the cloud's resources.

- RENABI-IFB: between 2015 and 2017 the ANR project RENABI-IFB has enabled the creation of the mutualised cloud used by Bilille and its expansion.