ENERGY EFFICIENT, SPACE EFFICIENT and COST-EFFECTIVE DATA STORAGE SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE

Descripción del proyecto

Nueva solución de almacenaje de datos para centros de atención sanitaria

La investigación de la genómica está asociada con un progreso significativo de la atención sanitaria y el concepto cada vez más importante de la medicina de precisión. Sin embargo, el mayor volumen, la variedad y la complejidad de los datos plantean importantes desafíos para las empresas de biotecnología. Tan solo hay que pensar en el hecho de que los datos que representan el genoma de una única persona requieren más de cien «gigabytes» de espacio de almacenamiento. Los centros de atención sanitaria, en particular, necesitan soluciones de almacenaje de datos innovadoras que reduzcan los costes y aumenten la capacidad de almacenamiento. El proyecto BasePort, financiado con fondos europeos, propone un «hardware» de almacenamiento de datos integrado con un «software» que funciona con una décima parte del consumo de energía, una cuarta parte del volumen y una quinta parte del peso de los sistemas similares convencionales. La solución proporciona más potencia y espacio, es fácil de manejar y es ideal para la industria 4.0 las ciudades pequeñas y la computación en el borde.

Objetivo

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.