From: ParPEST: a pipeline for EST data analysis based on parallel computing
 | #sequences | Blast on ESTs | Pre-processing | Clustering | Assembling | Blast on Contigs | TOT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 nodes | 250 | 3712 | 441 | 15 | 201 | 501 | 4870 |
 | 500 | 7072 | 613 | 15 | 201 | 441 | 8342 |
 | 1000 | 13643 | 857 | 30 | 202 | 1474 | 16206 |
 | 5000 | 70490 | 2979 | 150 | 257 | 6806 | 80682 |
 | 10000 | 14559 | 6029 | 346 | 328 | 16045 | 168287 |
6 nodes | 250 | 1992 | 441 | 15 | 201 | 350 | 2999 |
 | 500 | 3648 | 443 | 15 | 201 | 421 | 4728 |
 | 1000 | 6911 | 847 | 30 | 212 | 903 | 8903 |
 | 5000 | 35647 | 2834 | 136 | 268 | 4137 | 43022 |
 | 10000 | 72525 | 5483 | 240 | 357 | 7845 | 86450 |
8 nodes | 250 | 1600 | 441 | 15 | 201 | 280 | 2537 |
 | 500 | 2517 | 443 | 15 | 202 | 461 | 3910 |
 | 1000 | 4704 | 797 | 30 | 212 | 733 | 6476 |
 | 5000 | 23819 | 2784 | 121 | 267 | 2853 | 29844 |
 | 10000 | 48700 | 5377 | 240 | 357 | 7845 | 62519 |