Genome Researchers Have Too Much Data

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times reports, 'The field of genomics is caught in a data deluge. DNA sequencing is becoming faster and cheaper at a pace far outstripping Moore's law. The result is that the ability to determine DNA sequences is starting to outrun the ability of researchers to store, transmit and especially to analyze the data. Now, it costs more to analyze a genome than to sequence a genome. There is now so much data, researchers cannot keep it all.' One researcher says, 'We are going to have to come up with really clever ways to throw away data so we can see new stuff.'"

Wrong problem

[sunderland56]

They don't have too much data, they have insufficient affordable storage.

Is it ..

[ackthpt]

Is it outpacing their ability to file patents on genome sequences?