EMBEDDING ARCHIVE INTO THE DNA OF THE AUSTRALIAN GENOME RESEARCH FACILITY

澳大利亚基因组研究设施（AGRF）积累了大量基因组测序数据，以支持学术，行业和政府客户。AGRF的团队需要一个存储解决方案来适应快速数据的增长，更好地保护宝贵数据。

Facing Rapid Growth of Genomic Data

AGRF为广泛的客户提供基因组测序，包括学术研究人员，医疗组织，商业企业，政府机构等。“我们的目标是处理大量数据并将其交给客户在合理的时间内，”Agrf的信息和通信技术（ICT）负责人罗文格罗朗说。

存储该测序数据提出严重挑战。“我们储存的数据量在过去两年半的时间里增加了两倍，”格罗兰德说。

Data growth had limited the amount of time that AGRF could hold data. “In the past, we could only hold on to data for 200 to 300 days before we had to remove it from our systems to make room for the next data sets,” says Gronlund.

Recognizing the Critical Importance of Protecting Sequencing Data

Agrf IT组也缺乏保护研究人员产生的有价值的基因组学数据的方法。如果数据丢失，IT组必须重新序列生物样本。重新排序可能需要四到六周，这可能会严重延迟现有项目。数据丢失也可能会显着影响Agrf的声誉。

实现Quantum多层解决方案来存储和存档数据

ICT集团决定从量子实施多层存储解决方案。“我们听到了其他量子客户的反馈非常积极，”格罗兰德说。

ICT组选择了一个Quantum Artico NAS器具, which is powered by StorNext data management software. Artico provides more than 30TB of high-performance disk-based storage as the front end for a multi-tier storage and archive environment. The ICT group also implemented a Quantum Scalar tape library behind the Artico appliance.

为测序数据提供长期存储

通过新的解决方案，Agrf可以为由序列仪产生的数据提供长期存储。“而不是必须在300天内删除数据来为新数据集腾出空间，我们现在可以坚持到最多三年，”格罗兰德说。“客户现在可以要求较旧的数据，我们可以快速轻松地生产它。”

Reducing Costs with Active Vault

The AGRF ICT group uses Active Vault—a feature that allows infrequently used tapes to be stored in a separate partition of the library—to avoid excessive hardware purchases. “By using the Artico solution plus the Scalar tape library with Active Vault, we are able to bring the total cost down to half the cost of a competing solution,” says Gronlund.

简化IT管理

The ICT group selected the Quantum solution in part because it offered an easier way to manage storage than solutions from other vendors. “The Quantum solution doesn’t require a high level of expertise for management, and that’s perfect for us,” says Gronlund. “Since we completed the initial setup and policy configurations, we really haven’t touched the environment except for purchasing more tapes.”

保护测序数据并促进快速恢复

The Quantum solution helps the ICT group better protect valuable sequencing data by enabling more robust backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. “By continuously archiving data using the Quantum solution, we can better preserve and protect data,” says Gronlund.

量子解决方案还促进灾难恢复。“Artico允许我们保留序列仪产生的数据的未纳，”Gronlund说。“如果在排序后分析出现问题，我们可以轻松恢复原始数据。”

磁带档案提供额外的DR保护层。“我们在录像带和另一个异地上保留两份数据副本，”格罗兰德说。“通过量子解决方案，我们可以避免重新序列数据，更重要的是 - 我们可以最大限度地减少影响我们组织声誉的损失的风险。”