Project description
New data storage solution for healthcare centres
Genomic research is associated with significant progress in healthcare and the increasingly relevant concept of precision medicine. However, the increased volume, variety and complexity of data pose major challenges for biotechnology firms. One only has to consider the fact that data representing a single human genome require more than 100 gigabytes of storage space. Healthcare centres in particular need innovative data storage solutions that reduce costs and increase storage capacity. The EU-funded BasePort project proposes a data storage hardware integrated with software that operates with a 10th of the power consumption, a quarter of the volume and a fifth of the weight of conventional comparable systems. The solution delivers more power and space, is easy to manage and is ideal for Industry 4.0 smart cities and edge computing.
Objective
The promise of Precision Medicine that was envisioned decades ago with the mapping of the human genome is fast becoming a reality. While genomic research is paving the way for significant advances in healthcare, its practice has led to new challenges for biotechnology firms in terms of increasing data volume, variety and complexity. Given that the data representing a single human genome takes up to 100 gigabytes of storage space, biotech companies engaged in genomic research must develop the computing infrastructure and skills to manage, store, analyse and interpret massive quantities of highly complex data. Healthcare centres, in particular, need a data storage solution that uses low power, small space, small volume, low weight, and is quiet, and easy to implement. It is quite a challenge for an inner-city hospital to construct and operate a data centre like those built by Google, Amazon, & Microsoft. Current alternatives are either too costly, or exhibit low reliability and/or performance, and none of them achieve the right level of security. In answer to this need, Swiss Vault is developing a high-density, modular genome sequencing/storage proprietary system, which enables organisations to scale their data capabilities in terms of both computing power and storage with high security and low carbon footprint. The BasePort project will allow us to bring to market a data storage hardware integrated with software that operates with 1/10th power consumption, 1/4th volume, and 1/5th weight of conventional comparable systems. The innovative form-factor is 10X more power- & 20X more space-efficient, easy to manage, ideal for Industry 4.0 Smart Cities and Edge computing. Our platform makes data storage a “Green Technology” and enables organizations to reduce their data storage costs and their data-carbon footprint by up to 10-fold. Thanks to this project we will bring to the market the best-in-class solution for storage and management if large data.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespersonalized medicine
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsgenomes
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinator
4054 Basel
Switzerland
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.