High Performance Microscopy Storage

DATA GENERATION IN MICROSCOPY IS GROWING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER FIELD IN LIFE SCIENCES

With rapidly increasing sensor resolution and frame rates in light and electron microscopy, individual instruments can generate tens of terabytes per day, and most microscopy centers such as cores, labs, and units have multiple, different microscopes. In addition to the raw data, additional capacity is needed for processing and results.

TRADITIONAL STORAGE IS FAILING TO KEEP UP

As microscopy centers add new instruments and upgrade older ones with new cameras, data generation rates stress the storage infrastructure. With high demands for ingest of captured data, processing (and reprocessing), and data sharing for collaboration with simultaneous visualization of results, traditional storage will noticeably slow, or in some cases grind to a halt as inadequate storage fills up or struggles to support multiple concurrent requests. If the storage system can’t keep up, it can force instrument downtime.

MICROSCOPY CENTERS ARE MOVING TO DDN STORAGE

Many of the world’s leading research and clinical microscopy users are moving their data to DDN. With DDN, organizations have the power to support multiple processes concurrently, automate image acquisition, and perform 3D reconstruction and analysis and particle picking— all across multiple instruments and researchers at the same time.