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Decoding the Genome: Serious Infrastructure
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."
Lots of computers use lots of power which costs lots of money!
I misread that and thought it involved a spotlight and torture methods to a poor garden gnome :(
"You will tell us what we need to know. WHERE IS THE LAWN MOWER!"
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What's the deal wiht this roland guy
They're trying to decode his genome to find the missing link.
Which will lead to his website, of course.
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