Case Study: Genomics England accelerates genome research with Weka NeuralMesh

Genomics England scales to 41 PB with Weka for 5 million genomes

Genomics England, working with the UK's National Health Service, faced a significant data infrastructure challenge. Their original system was unable to scale or perform adequately for their ambitious project to sequence 5 million genomes, and it lacked a viable disaster recovery strategy for its sensitive data. They needed a highly scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution to manage an expected 140 petabytes of genomic data.

Weka implemented its NeuralMesh data platform alongside Quantum ActiveScale object storage to create a multi-tiered architecture. This solution provided Genomics England with a single namespace for its entire 41 PB dataset, delivering massive performance improvements, infinite scalability, and enhanced security with built-in disaster recovery. The outcome was significantly faster data processing and improved cost efficiency per genome.

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