Case Study: Pacific Biosciences achieves 60% storage cost reduction and scalable genomic data management with Komprise

Pacific Biosciences - Customer Case Study

Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), a leader in next‑generation genome sequencing, faced exploding scientific data—about 4.7 PB on hand and a projected 28× increase over three years—and needed visibility and a scalable platform to control storage costs. To gain that insight and manage growth, PacBio partnered with Komprise and standardized its primary storage on NetApp systems while deploying Komprise data management software.

Komprise delivered real‑time analysis and policy‑based tiering to move cold data to lower‑cost archive storage (NetApp E‑Series) while keeping active data on NetApp FAS, turning visibility into action. As a result of Komprise’s ROI analysis and automated data movement, PacBio reduced storage costs by 60%, established a data fabric for future growth, and gained integration with NetApp StorageGRID for better metadata and search as petabyte‑scale needs rise.

Pacific Biosciences

Jay Smestad

Senior Director of Infrastructure Architecture