SEATTLE, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Isilon® (Nasdaq:
ISLN) today announced that the Human and Molecular Genetics Center
at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has deployed Isilon
scale-out storage to power its next-generation DNA sequencing
operations. Using Isilon's X-Series, featuring the OneFS® operating
system, MCW has consolidated its genomic processing, analysis and
archiving onto a single, shared storage resource, simplifying data
management to reduce costs and improve workflow efficiency. With
Isilon, MCW has been able to scale its storage resources to
accommodate a 10-fold increase in genomic data, while also
improving its genomic sequencing performance, accelerating
time-to-discovery in the pursuit of personalized medicine.
MCW is a national leader in the education and development of
physicians and scientists, while its Human and Molecular Genetics
Center leverages genomic sequencing to understand disease and
translate this information into personalized medicine. Prior to
using Isilon, MCW's direct-attached storage (DAS) couldn't scale to
meet the performance and capacity demands of its next-generation
sequencing workflow, limiting MCW's ability to maximize the value
of its genomic research data.
By deploying the Isilon 36000X, in combination with an Illumina
sequencer and Dell servers, MCW has unified its DNA sequencing
operations to improve performance and maximize the return on
investment in next-generation technology. With Isilon, MCW can now
scale storage resources in-line with continued data growth and
increasing patient demand.
"As the rate of innovation in next-generation sequencing
continues to drive exponential data growth, storage plays a
critical role in enabling researchers to extract maximum insight
from genomic information," said Sam
Grocott, vice president of marketing, Isilon. "By using
Isilon to simplify the sequencing process, MCW is accelerating the
rate at which it can transform genomic data into the next medical
breakthrough."
About Isilon
As a global leader in scale-out storage, Isilon delivers
powerful yet simple solutions for enterprises that want to manage
their data, not their storage. Isilon's products are simple to
install, manage and scale, at any size. And, unlike traditional
enterprise storage, Isilon stays simple no matter how much storage
is added, how much performance is required or how business needs
change in the future. We're challenging enterprises to think
differently about their storage, because when they do, they'll
recognize there's a better, simpler way. Learn what we mean at
http://www.isilon.com.
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