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An I/O device driver for bioinformatics tools: the case for BLAST

R. Campos Mauro and Lifschitz, S., An I/O device driver for bioinformatics tools: the case for BLAST, vol. 4, pp. 563-570, 2005.

There are many bioinformatics tools that deal with input/output (I/O) issues by using filing systems from the most common operating systems, such as Linux or MS Windows. However, as data volumes increase, there is a need for more efficient disk access, ad hoc memory management and specific page-replacement policies. We propose a device driver that can be used by multiple applications. It keeps the application code unchanged, providing a non-intrusive and flexible strategy for I/O calls that may be adopted in a straightforward manner.

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