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RIS engineers recently completed a project expanding Storage1 with 1 petabyte of active storage and 120 terabytes of solid-state disks, which now supports 28 petabytes of usable storage.   Why it matters: With this addition, disk reads and writes happen faster, speeding up your data world.

 Background: Basic biology of how mutations and acute myeloid leukemia contribute to the development of cancer. Specifically, genomics, how genes are regulated, and epigenetic modifications that regulate genes to understand processes in leukemia. Relevance: Having a better understanding of how cancer works to predict how patients will respond to therapies and finding pathways that could target new […]

After one year of gathering requirements and executing RFPs and POCs, Qumulo was selected as the new vendor for the Storage Replacement Project. This new platform will provide twice the performance, reduce operational complexities, and include offsite backups and disaster recovery capabilities. General availability will take place in the Spring of 2024, and the transition will vary […]

RIS has recently added a new service under the Application Platforms for provisioning or migrating a GitHub organization under the WUSTL Enterprise. Why it matters: Researchers can store their code without having to pay for enterprise-level features such as private repositories. Access to a WashU Enterprise-managed organization requires authentication via your WashU Key and provides better management of WashU […]

The THPC (Traditional High-Performance Computing) Application platform provides access to hundreds of applications via the “module” interface typically used in the HPC cluster to access application libraries.  This utility is now accessible from OOD via the RIS Desktop Application or command line. Background: THPC is a scalable, sustainable, and flexible environment for RIS to install, configure, test, and deploy applications using common package installers like EasyBuild […]