IGIB, a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, is the only Indian national laboratory with a focus on genomics and integrative biology. IGIB is a key player/participant in several council task force projects. IGIB has set new models in public-private partnerships and works as a hub for interaction between medical institutes and researchers. The focus areas of IGIB include functional genomics, medical and environmental genomics and genome resources and services.
Business need
Update legacy systems to accomidate future computing demandscomplete large, complex simulation experiments more quicklyaccelerate access to information, knowledge and new levels of efficiency, in order to increase the discovery of new drug targets and predictive medicine accelerate the pace of innovation while driving greater cost savings and productivity, and responding quickly to new opportunities and change
Solution overview
Four teraflop/s, 288-node HP Cluster Platform 3000 based on HP ProLiant servers with Intel® Xeon™ processors and high-speed Voltaire InfiniBand cluster interconnect. Running Linux with XC System Software 128-node HP Integrity Superdome server and 24-node HP ProLiant Linux cluster 12 terabytes of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 5000 storage and an HP StorageWorks MSL6060 tape library