2017.11.29
AccelStor Empowers All-Flash Array to Advance Genomics Data Analysis
November 29, 2017 – Fremont, Calif. – AccelStor, the software-defined all-flash array provider, will reveal the upcoming NeoSapphire all-NVMe flash array model, targeting high-performance computing (HPC) applications for scientists, researchers, and engineers. The high performance, outstanding throughput, and low latency of the NeoSapphire all-NVMe flash array make it the perfect storage solution for HPC applications such as genomics, computational chemistry, and engineering simulation. This storage solution has been proven in Atgenomix's enterprise-ready bioinformatics environment. The company offers a reliable data platform where researchers can analyze genomics data quickly with any necessary tools. Due to the vast amount of data that genome sequencing produces, Atgenomix adapts the NeoSapphire all-flash array to quickly scale the storage workload needed to analyze the algorithms used in genomics simulation. Atgenomix leverages Apache Spark as a cluster computing platform for data analysis in genomics. Such HPC applications require high network speed, fast storage, large amounts of memory, and very high computing capabilities. Some HPC systems include numerous servers with powerful CPUs and internal hard disks. However, this approach may offer enough computing capability yet still exists I/O bottlenecks, and it will drag down the overall time for results. With AccelStor's NeoSapphire storage solutions, Ategeomix and their…