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We’re using PCIe RAID cards with multiple NVME 2TB drives to get around 12GB/s read/write speeds
Things to be mindful of as already mentioned, do you require multiple GPUs for deconvolution and do the GPUs have enough VRAM to store a stack
Do you have enough RAM to store duplicates of the data when transferring from say Imaris to FIJI and back?
Does the PC/Server have enough PCIe lanes for the GPUs, RAID cards and NIC etc
You may find (if you have suitable IT support) a server grade system is more appropriate and possibly cheaper, whilst allowing multiple users
Keep in mind you may require a dedicated GPU for rendering of the session and separate CUDA capable GPUs for deconvolution
Best
James
On 15 Jan 2020, at 9:41 am, Travis Beck <
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Perhaps this is already known but changing from sata SSD drives to NVME
ssd's mounted on PCIE cards provides about a 10x increase in IO. Read write
speeds are ~300mbps r/w for sata to ~3000mbps r/w via pcie. This makes a
dramatic difference in IO limited applications. Saw a good boost in imaging
analysis but several fold better in our genetic work.
Cheers!
Travis