Network-Attached Biomedical Research Data Management System

网络附加生物医学研究数据管理系统

• 批准号: 8052033
• 负责人: Jarrod Anson Smith
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8052033
• 关键词: Academic Medical Centers; Area; Back; Biomedical Research; Commit; Communities; Country; Data; Data Analyses; Data Security; Data Storage and Retrieval; Disasters; Equipment; Fees; Funding; Genetic; Growth; Information Technology; Institution; Life; Maintenance; Mass Spectrum Analysis; Medical Imaging; Performance; Productivity; Proteomics; Recovery; Research; Research Activity; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Risk Behaviors; Secure; Services; System; Time; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; cellular imaging; cost; data management; improved; instrument; instrumentation; medical schools; meetings; quantum; research facility; structural biology

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request funds to purchase an enterprise-class biomedical research data management system consisting of 144 useable terabytes of new hard disk space in a storage area network (SAN), and a new 800 terabyte capacity data backup system from Quantum/EMC. This requested equipment will integrate with our current, internally funded research data storage system featuring a BlueArc network-attached storage (NAS) server and 85 terabytes of disk storage. Together, the upgrades will provide desperately needed capacity expansion and new disaster recovery capabilities that will dramatically improve data analysis, data security, and overall productivity for over 140 NIH-funded data-intensive research projects of the major users. Vanderbilt's existing BlueArc system has been in service since 2004 and has been upgraded five times in attempt to meet the expanding requirements of the research community. This internally funded system has been very successful, and currently is the primary data facility for 6 major research centers and cores serving of scores of NIH- sponsored investigators. However, the substantial rate of growth of Vanderbilt's NIH-funded research enterprise (Vanderbilt is the fastest growing of the top 10 medical schools in the country) calls for capacity expansion and deployment of disaster recovery equipment beyond the intramural funding capabilities of Vanderbilt University alone. As with the current system, the requested equipment will be managed by Vanderbilt's Information Technology Services (ITS) department. ITS has staff who are specially trained to operate high-performance NAS, SAN and enterprise backup facilities, deploy and manage the required research network infrastructure to extend the service to key research facilities around campus, and host the system in an environmentally-controlled and tightly secured data center. Per-gigabyte user fees have and will continue to support the service of the equipment, with the institution committed to covering any potential financial shortfalls for the necessary support and maintenance of this instrument and its associated infrastructure. A significant data network upgrade is planned by the University and Medical Center in support of this project should it be funded. Due to the costs associated with the rapidly expanding data storage requirements inherent in cutting-edge biomedical research, we have been unable to keep up with demand for data expansion. The current system is oversubscribed, and there is no mechanism to perform system-wide backups. All parties involved clearly recognize this as risky behavior. But with no alternative for storing and backing up our current, but exponentially growing 85 terabytes of data, we are forced to live with significant, even potentially catastrophic compromises. The requested instrumentation is critical to reversing this situation by providing the necessary data expansion and reliability to adequately support our data-intensive research activities in the areas of Genetics, Structural Biology, Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, Cell and Medical Imaging, among others.

描述（申请人提供）：我们申请资金购买一个企业级生物医学研究数据管理系统，包括144 tb可用的存储区域网络（SAN）新硬盘空间和一个新的800 tb容量的数据备份系统。该设备将与我们目前内部资助的研究数据存储系统集成，该系统具有BlueArc网络附加存储（NAS）服务器和85tb的磁盘存储。总之，升级将提供迫切需要的容量扩展和新的灾难恢复功能，这将极大地改善140多个nih资助的主要用户的数据密集型研究项目的数据分析、数据安全性和整体生产力。范德比尔特大学现有的BlueArc系统自2004年以来一直在使用，为了满足研究界不断扩大的需求，已经升级了五次。这个内部资助的系统非常成功，目前是6个主要研究中心的主要数据设施，为许多NIH资助的研究人员提供服务。然而，范德比尔特国立卫生研究院资助的研究企业（范德比尔特是全国十大医学院中增长最快的）的大幅增长速度要求产能扩张和部署灾难恢复设备，而不仅仅是范德比尔特大学的内部资金能力。与目前的系统一样，所要求的设备将由范德比尔特大学的信息技术服务（ITS）部门管理。ITS的工作人员经过专门培训，可以操作高性能的NAS、SAN和企业备份设施，部署和管理所需的研究网络基础设施，将服务扩展到校园周围的关键研究设施，并将系统托管在环境控制和严格安全的数据中心中。每千兆字节的用户费用已经并将继续支持设备的服务，该机构承诺支付任何潜在的资金短缺，以支持和维护该仪器及其相关基础设施。大学和医疗中心计划进行重大的数据网络升级，以支持该项目，如果该项目得到资助。由于与尖端生物医学研究中固有的快速扩展的数据存储需求相关的成本，我们已经无法跟上数据扩展的需求。当前系统已超额订阅，并且没有机制执行系统范围的备份。所有相关方都清楚地认识到这是一种冒险行为。但是，由于没有其他方法来存储和备份我们当前的、但呈指数级增长的85tb数据，我们被迫接受重大的、甚至可能是灾难性的妥协。所要求的仪器对于扭转这种局面至关重要，它提供了必要的数据扩展和可靠性，以充分支持我们在遗传学、结构生物学、质谱学、蛋白质组学、细胞和医学成像等领域的数据密集型研究活动。