Infrastructure equipment for gene expression analysis

这笔赠款正在寻求资金购买一个专用的服务器，提供一个平台，用于实施一个校园范围的企业系统，用于收集，存储，管理和分析由NIH资助的PI目前正在进行基因表达实验的大集团产生的微阵列数据。服务器是SunFire V880，具有8 - 750 MHz中央处理器，每个中央处理器具有8 MB Ecache内存。该服务器具有32 GB内存和1.3 TB存储阵列，这些存储阵列以完全冗余的RAID阵列形式组织，能够提供7天/24小时的可用性。服务器配备30个SunBlade 100终端， SunPCi显卡、专业3D Lite显卡、512 MB内存、20 GB磁盘和18英寸平板显示器。 该服务器将为一大群大学调查人员提供计算能力、存储和软件，否则这些服务器的成本将高得令人望而却步。这种服务器配置使研究人员能够共享来自微阵列实验的数据，并不仅在生物信息学和基因组学研究人员之间，而且在生命科学研究人员之间协同合作。此外，该系统今后可能扩大，以容纳新的调查员，费用是非常可行的。

This grant is seeking funds to purchase a dedicated server offering a platform for the implementation of a campus-wide enterprise system for the collection, storage, management and analysis of the microarray data generated by the large group of NIH funded PIs currently undertaking gene expression experiments. The server is a SunFire V880 with 8 - 750MHz central processing units each of them having 8 MB Ecache memory. The server has 32 GB of memory and 1.3 TB of storage arrays organized in fully redundant RAIDs arrays able to provide 24h/7days availability. The server is provided with 30 SunBlade 100 terminals with SunPCi cards, expert 3D Lite graphics, 512 MB memory, 20 GB disk and 18" flat panel displays. The server will provide a large group of university investigators with access to computing power, storage and software that would otherwise be cost prohibitive on an individual basis. This server configuration allows researchers the ability to share data from microarray experiments and synergizes collaborations not only between the bioinformatics and genomics researchers but also among the life science researchers. Furthermore, the system may be expanded in the future, to accommodate new investigators at a cost that is very feasible.