Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/L01288X/1
Development of a high-performance data storage and sharing platform for the NERC/NBAF genomics community.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr K Gharbi, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Genomics
- Genomics
- Transcriptomics
- Abstract:
- We propose hardware and software assets to implement a robust and secure infrastructure to store, archive, and share next-generation, high volume genomics data at collaborating nodes of the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facilities in Liverpool and Edinburgh. The new e-infrastructure, built on existing core systems, will support a multi-tier storage architecture for: efficient data access for local processing; secure on-site storage; high-speed file transfer to the end user, to public repositories (e.g. European Nucleotide Archive) and to cloud computing resources (e.g. Cloud Bio-Linux); and fast data upload to NBAF servers. The assets will consist of network and server-attached storage, and industry leading Aspera file transfer technology to deliver speeds many times faster than FTP or HTTP.
- Period of Award:
- 28 Oct 2013 - 27 Feb 2014
- Value:
- £142,112 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NE/L01288X/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Big Data
This grant award has a total value of £142,112
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Equipment |
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| £142,112 |
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