WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services’ mission is to facilitate the discovery of knowledge and enhance educational opportunities by providing secure, sustainable, scalable, and integrated research technology services in a collaborative and diverse environment.
Why RIS? – Researchers at WashU are encouraged to use RIS to streamline their work, boost performance, ensure data security, and foster collaboration with ease, all while focusing on groundbreaking discoveries and quality research. Explore the full benefits of using RIS.
Laying a New Foundation
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 […]
Keeping tFinity optimized, efficient, and reliable
The Spectra Logic tFinity tape library infrastructure recently underwent expansion, keeping tFinity optimized, efficient, and reliable. Why it matters: This expansion increases the tape storage capacity by 5200 tapes, which is equivalent to 60PB of storage, allowing RIS to meet our users’ archival requirements.