Decoding the Genome: Serious Infrastructure 175
Roland Piquepaille writes "The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the largest genomics data centers in the world. In "The Hum and the Genome," the Scientist writes about the IT infrastructure needed to handle the avalanche of data that researchers have to analyze. With its 2,000 processors and its 300 terabytes of storage, the data center uses today about 0.75 megawatts (MW) of power at a cost of 140,000 per year (about $170K). But the data center will need more than a petabyte of storage within three years, and its yearly electricity bill will reach 500,000 (more than $600K) for about 1.4 MW, enough to power more than a thousand homes. The original article gets all the facts, but this summary contains all the essential numbers."
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Breaking news from our reporter Roland Piquepaille (Score:5, Funny)
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Decoding the gnome? (Score:5, Funny)
"You will tell us what we need to know. WHERE IS THE LAWN MOWER!"
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Re:Roland (Score:5, Funny)
They're trying to decode his genome to find the missing link.
Which will lead to his website, of course.
Re:Breaking news from our reporter Roland Piquepai (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Breaking news from our reporter Roland Piquepai (Score:2, Funny)
probably not.
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Re:Windows (Score:4, Funny)
I think you mis-spelled that.
Re:Fuck Roland (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone else want to buy Roland and make him shut up?
Re:Roland (Score:3, Funny)
Awww, he's just French... =)