The average execution times and standard deviations are presented in Table 1. Table 2 presents the execution times for SparkBLAST when only one vCPU (core) of each node is used for processing. Table 3 presents the total execution times for SparkBLAST when both cores of each node are used for processing. Table 1Execution times for CloudBLAST - Google Cloud# nodes1248163264Exec. time 129,921.4019,018.0011,324.006,204.002,866.001,680.00794.00Exec. time 230,256.2318,550.2513,799.235,779.212,959.651,828.23900.00Exec. time 331.016.8519,221.8112,580.325,700.523,004.521,597.00815.21Exec. time 431.350.2519,102.6810,489.535,850.022,961.231,806.25842.30Exec. time 530.726.8918,981.3212,721.235,780.342,990.811,780.32799.21Exec. time 630.012.1419,118.7211,820.855,900.643,008.151,753.23802.98Mean30,547.2918,998.8012,122.535,869.122,965.061,740.84825.62Std. Dev.576.25235.281.164.02177.7052.7987.2040.32Std.Dev./Mean1.89%1.24%9.60%3.03%1.78%5.01%4.88% Table 2Execution times - SparkBLAST 1 core - Google Cloud# nodes1248163264Exec. time 136,106.8618,845.2310,189.115,556.223,129.201,716.10905.21Exec. time 236,510.1219,120.3210,199.855,540.153,115.121,730.58899.84Exec. time 336,720.8618,952.1510,170.235,560.883,140.011,790.96894.76Exec. time 438,120.2518,998.0610,200.015,543.623,120.581,694.69900.42Exec. time 536,230.5619,112.2310,178.765,552.103,122.151,701.55897.65Exec. time 636,452.5318,880.1110,183.615,565.113,127.581,710.68890.25Mean36,690.2018,984.6810,186.935,553.013,125.771,724.09898.02Std.Dev733.00115.1411.839.738.6235.015.14Std.Dev/Mean2.00%0.61%0.12%0.18%0.28%2.03%0.57% Table 3Execution times - SparkBLAST 2 cores - Google Cloud# nodes1248163264Exec. time 128,915.5214,500.867,935.454,287.852,249.941,260.12695.23Exec. time 229,002.2114,520.237,945.104,290.122,230.261,259.28690.04Exec. time 329,001.8914,515.357,950.014,283.562,255.041,260.10701.50Exec. time 428,989.5214,557.517,942.204,282.212,242.631,259.52710.11Exec. time 528,990.3214,580.017,940.804,310.122,249.261,259.82680.80Exec. time 629,001.1514,520.237,950.124,295.562,251.081,262.15682.10Mean28,983.4414,532.377,943.954,291.572,246.371,260.17693.30Std.Dev33.7829.935.6810.278.851.0311.37Std.Dev/Mean0.12%0.21%0.07%0.24%0.39%0.08%1.64%