CloVR: A virtual machine for automated and portable sequence analysis from the desktop using cloud computing

CloVR Architecture
CloVR is a VM that executes on a desktop (or laptop) computer, providing the ability to run analysis pipelines on local resources (Figure ​(Figure1).1). CloVR is invoked using one of two supported VM players, VMware [33] and VirtualBox [34]; at least one of which is freely available on all major desktop platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux, and Mac OS. On a local computer, CloVR utilizes local disk storage and compute resources, as supported by the VM player, including multi-core CPUs if available. To access data stored on the local computer, users can copy files into a "shared folder" that is accessible on both the VM and the local desktop and uses available hard drive space on the computer. Once inside the shared folder, CloVR can read this data for processing. Similarly, CloVR writes output data to this shared folder, making the pipeline output available on the desktop. This shared folder feature is supported by both VMware and VirtualBox.
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Figure 1 Schematic of the automated pipelines provided in the CloVR virtual machine. The CloVR virtual machine includes pre-packaged automated pipelines for analyzing raw sequence data on both a local computer and cloud computing platform. T