Illumina's Illuminacompute is an integrated computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.
Illuminacompute features Illumina's sequencing software and high-performance blade servers from Dell's OEM and life sciences group, as well as modular storage capacity from Isilon Systems.
It is a flexible and scalable system for human-scale genomic data analysis.
The new solution conserves IT resources by providing centralised high-performance computational and storage infrastructure, compared with the support required for individual, decentralised analysis servers.
Because Illuminacompute can be quickly and easily added to or reconfigured with support from Illumina, researchers can keep pace with changes to their computing needs with virtually no system down-time.
Illuminacompute is a bundling of hardware, informatics software and high-availability storage that is delivered and supported directly by Illumina's customer solutions team.
The system is tuned specifically for a high-throughput sequence-analysis workflow.
Server and disk-management overhead is kept to an absolute minimum, reducing the need for dedicated IT and bioinformatics staff.
The result is a greatly empowered lab.
Illuminacompute provides sufficient processing resources for computational-heavy analysis that requires clustered processing and shared data repositories, such as genome assembly, deep sequencing and metagenomics research.
Comprehensive customer service is a key distinguishing factor with Illuminacompute.
Illumina evaluates customer needs and validates the installation site prior to installation.
Once the system is installed and configured for the customer by Illumina technical service, it requires little intervention or maintenance.
Illuminacompute has been developed and validated in coordination with several leading genome centres to optimise computing and storage technologies and deliver a truly flexible and high-quality product suitable for a range of customers.
It will be available in November 2009.
