Overview
ETH Zurich: Deciphering life with the largest-ever DNA search engineGoogle Cloud Platform |
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Operational Impact
The switch to Google Cloud has significantly increased the efficiency of the BMI Group's operations. The team no longer has to limit its operations to smaller sequencing datasets and can now process petabytes of data in a feasible time frame. The elasticity of cloud computing has allowed for optimal parallelization of compute power, increasing the throughput. The team has also built a custom server infrastructure, adding resilience to their operations and minimizing the risk of losing progress due to technical failures or errors. The cost-effective dynamism of Google Cloud has expanded the scope of future projects for the BMI Group, allowing them to readjust the setup to their needs and creating new opportunities. The success of this project could transform the field of bioinformatics, changing the way we engage with DNA. | |
Quantitative Benefit
The team is now more than 10 times faster in processing data. | |
At peak times, the team is using 4,000 CPUs and 15 terabytes of RAM to process all this data. | |
The ETH team cut the overall compute cost by 75%. | |