Implementing a genomic data management system using iRODS in the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly large amounts of DNA sequencing data are being generated within the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI). The traditional file system struggles to handle these increasing amounts of sequence data. A good data management system therefore needs to be implemented and integrated into the current WTSI infrastructure. Such a system enables good management of the IT infrastructure of the sequencing pipeline and allows biologists to track their data.

Results

We have chosen a data grid system, iRODS (Rule-Oriented Data management systems), to act as the data management system for the WTSI. iRODS provides a rule-based system management approach which makes data replication much easier and provides extra data protection. Unlike the metadata provided by traditi

SUBMITTER: Chiang GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3228552 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature