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Genomics England Stores, Protects, and Provides Access to Petabytes of Genomic Data with Quantum ActiveScale
Genomics England was established in 2013 by the UK’s Department of Health & Social Care tosupport the 100,000 Genomes Project—a groundbreaking effort to sequence whole genomes from a vast number of patients with rare diseases and common cancers. In 2018, the project wassignificantly expanded, requiring Genomics England to scale its data storage infrastructure. Using
Quantum ActiveScale™ object storage as part of a single, integrated environment enables the organization to store, protect, and provide access to hundreds of petabytes of genomic data.
Solution Overview
- Quantum ActiveScale object storage
- WekaIO distributed file system
- Mellanox high-speed networking
Key Benefits
- Overcame capacity limits of the previous storage solution, gaining the scalability for fast-growing volumes of genomic data.
- Improved agility for taking on new, urgent challenges, including the need to sequence genomes of people with COVID-19.
- Enhanced protection and resiliency for critical data with a geo-dispersed environment spread across three data centers.
- Reduced the costs and complexity of storing data with an efficient environment that is simple to use.