Case Study: Pacific Biosciences achieves 60% storage cost reduction and readiness for 28× data growth with NetApp

Pacific Biosciences Pioneers Next-Generation Genome Sequencing

Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) develops next‑generation genome sequencers used in research, diagnostics and conservation, generating vast and rapidly growing volumes of scientific data. Facing a heterogeneous storage environment and a projected 28× data increase over three years (already totaling about 4.7 PB), PacBio needed a scalable platform and better visibility into what data was active versus archival.

PacBio deployed Komprise for real‑time data insight and policy‑based tiering and standardized primary storage on NetApp FAS with ultradense NetApp E‑Series for archive, with Komprise transparently moving cold data to lower tiers. The data fabric cut storage costs by about 60%, delivered clear ROI and set the company up to scale further using NetApp StorageGRID Webscale for large‑scale object storage and metadata-driven search.

Pacific Biosciences

Jay Smestad

Senior Director of Infrastructure Architecture