Case Study: OHSU achieves high-performance, resilient cryo-EM storage with Quobyte

OHSU moves 1.5 petabytes in months with Quobyte

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) faced a significant data storage challenge at its national cryo-electron microscopy center. The facility generates 8 to 16 terabytes of data daily from its high-powered microscopes, requiring a solution with both massive capacity and high performance to support real-time processing for hundreds of researchers. Their previous ZFS-based system was a single point of failure and would slow to a crawl during processing. OHSU turned to Quobyte for a modern storage solution.

By implementing Quobyte's distributed file system, OHSU eliminated its single point of failure and gained consistent, high-performance storage. The solution allowed the team to seamlessly migrate 1.5 petabytes of data. Quobyte's performance ensures data processing is no longer interrupted by storage limitations, even under heavy load, which has substantially streamlined research workflows. The university now views Quobyte as a central linchpin for its data storage and hopes to extend its adoption across the wider OHSU community.

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