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	ACCELERATE: LIFE SCIENCES - Van Andel Research Institute Optimizes HPC Pipeline, Driving Research Discoveries and New Drug Therapies with End-to-End DDN Storage Solution DataDirect Networks

ACCELERATE: LIFE SCIENCES - Van Andel Research Institute Optimizes HPC Pipeline, Driving Research Discoveries and New Drug Therapies with End-to-End DDN Storage Solution

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals Life Sciences
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) was facing several challenges related to its storage infrastructure. The institute had fragmented storage pools for research and instrumentation data, which were costly, cumbersome, and lacked sufficient safeguards. The addition of high-powered, cryoelectron microscopy was anticipated to quadruple existing storage. There was an ever-increasing requirement to ingest, process, store, archive, and share research. A parallel file system was needed to address storage needs while providing enterprise data management capabilities. The organization began a thorough evaluation of next-gen HPC and storage solutions, including cluster and cloud computing, as well as parallel file and object storage. Read More
About Customer	Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is a premier center for research and education that supports more than 360 scientists, educators, and staff. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the organization has a 20-year legacy of biomedical research and scientific education with a focus on improving health and enhancing the lives of current and future generations. At VARI, a dedicated team works tirelessly to determine the epigenetic, genetic, molecular, and cellular origins of cancer, Parkinson’s, and other diseases. Using state-of-the-art technologies and instrumentation, the Institute’s scientists are working to translate discoveries into highly innovative and effective diagnostics and treatments. Read More
Solution	VARI chose DDN’s GS7K® parallel file system appliance and WOS® object storage appliance to address its storage challenges. The GS7K solution is designed to minimize total cost of ownership. It includes a scale-out parallel file system, high-performance storage, and enterprise-class data management capabilities. DDN’s implementation of Spectrum Scale also meant that VARI could take advantage of DDN’s unique capability to present a single, federated namespace across file and object. This was a key consideration in VARI’s selection of DDN’s WOS® Object Storage as both an active archive for storing ever-increasing amounts of unstructured data, and as a research collaboration solution that facilitates data sharing and research collaboration. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Life Sciences

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) was facing several challenges related to its storage infrastructure. The institute had fragmented storage pools for research and instrumentation data, which were costly, cumbersome, and lacked sufficient safeguards. The addition of high-powered, cryoelectron microscopy was anticipated to quadruple existing storage. There was an ever-increasing requirement to ingest, process, store, archive, and share research. A parallel file system was needed to address storage needs while providing enterprise data management capabilities. The organization began a thorough evaluation of next-gen HPC and storage solutions, including cluster and cloud computing, as well as parallel file and object storage.

About Customer

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is a premier center for research and education that supports more than 360 scientists, educators, and staff. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the organization has a 20-year legacy of biomedical research and scientific education with a focus on improving health and enhancing the lives of current and future generations. At VARI, a dedicated team works tirelessly to determine the epigenetic, genetic, molecular, and cellular origins of cancer, Parkinson’s, and other diseases. Using state-of-the-art technologies and instrumentation, the Institute’s scientists are working to translate discoveries into highly innovative and effective diagnostics and treatments.

Solution

VARI chose DDN’s GS7K® parallel file system appliance and WOS® object storage appliance to address its storage challenges. The GS7K solution is designed to minimize total cost of ownership. It includes a scale-out parallel file system, high-performance storage, and enterprise-class data management capabilities. DDN’s implementation of Spectrum Scale also meant that VARI could take advantage of DDN’s unique capability to present a single, federated namespace across file and object. This was a key consideration in VARI’s selection of DDN’s WOS® Object Storage as both an active archive for storing ever-increasing amounts of unstructured data, and as a research collaboration solution that facilitates data sharing and research collaboration.

Impact #1	Simple, fast access to 2PB of storage for research and instrument data to address exponential storage growth and active archive requirements.
Impact #2	Infinitely scalable storage capacity available to keep pace with increased use of Cryo-EM and nextgen sequencing technologies.
Impact #3	DDN’s GS7K gives us a big data storage solution that blends the performance of a Spectrum Scale parallel file system with enterprise-class capabilities we needed, including snapshots and rollbacks, replication, seamless cloud connectivity, and data tiering.

Impact #1

Simple, fast access to 2PB of storage for research and instrument data to address exponential storage growth and active archive requirements.

Impact #2

Infinitely scalable storage capacity available to keep pace with increased use of Cryo-EM and nextgen sequencing technologies.

Impact #3

DDN’s GS7K gives us a big data storage solution that blends the performance of a Spectrum Scale parallel file system with enterprise-class capabilities we needed, including snapshots and rollbacks, replication, seamless cloud connectivity, and data tiering.

Benefit #1	Projected savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars by centralizing storage for state-ofthe-art scientific instruments.
Benefit #2	The new electron microscopes will generate about 20TB of data every three days.
Benefit #3	Each cryo-EM project can produce 40TB of data and we’ll likely support a dozen projects simultaneously.

Benefit #1

Projected savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars by centralizing storage for state-ofthe-art scientific instruments.

Benefit #2

The new electron microscopes will generate about 20TB of data every three days.

Benefit #3

Each cryo-EM project can produce 40TB of data and we’ll likely support a dozen projects simultaneously.

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ACCELERATE: LIFE SCIENCES - Van Andel Research Institute Optimizes HPC Pipeline, Driving Research Discoveries and New Drug Therapies with End-to-End DDN Storage Solution

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