IT infrastructure

Posted by VERMEREN Matthieu on Nov 22, 2019; 11:43am
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Dear all,

We are producing massive amount of data that legally needs to be stored for up to ten years.  This data also needs to be analysed fairly quickly -hence storage on local servers.  Furthermore, some software companies (Huygens, Imaris...) are now offering  server-based applications for image analysis -all the hard work is done on the server and your computer is just a terminal.


Currently, we tell users to transfer their data to NAS immediately after imaging, so the microscope computers are not clogged.  Image files found on these computers are fair game after a month.  We expect users to then back up their files from the NAS to cloud.  All our image analysis is done on fairly beefy workstations and not server based.

As I'd like to future proof our IT, it would be great to know what servers/storage space do you have as part of your facilities/institutes?  What solutions do you have for long term storage vs short to medium terms?  Do you have server based applications?

Matthieu
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