Leveraging Isilon’s X-Series, featuring its OneFS® operating system, JGI has unified 25 genome sequencers onto a single, high performance, highly scalable, shared pool of storage, reducing storage management. The JGI is also using the Isilon IQ 5000S-SSD, which combines SAS and Solid State Disk (SSD) drives as an additional storage resource for its team. With Isilon scale-out NAS, JGI has eliminated more than six disparate storage systems, unifying its mission-critical genomic data stores.
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