Most of the lab sites are equipped with File Server atop iOMega NAS, which is in some cases if malfunctioning also are running at the limit for adding more hard disks to accommodate new demands for storage and been compliant with data storage regulations.

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Use cases

1. Lyon/RICL
   1. OpenLab instruments generate files at hundreds GB scale for some techniques which demands local computer power to load in stand alone applications for expert analysis, this magnitude size also makes it impossible to load these files to cloud repository as well as creating difficulties in being compliant with regulatory terms for storage.
2. Shanghai
   1. Waters instruments demands 12TB space to store application data. This storage magnitute reaches the local limitation for LabPC disk and also for local network in the iOMega NAS.
3. Bristol
   1. Waters instruments demands 12TB space to store application data. This storage magnitute reaches the local limitation for LabPC disk and also for local network in the iOMega NAS.

Questions and Concerns

Architectural Significant Requirements

• Data rotation
• Retention
• Export Control
• Access Control
• Data transfer latency SLA
• Data Consumers (data structure/data model)

Impediments and Blockers

Tradeoff analysis

• Alternatives
  • XYZ
  • YZX 
    • Sensitivity Points
    • Risks
    • Non Risks
    • Architectural Approaches

Design Solution Proposal

References

LABPC Storage needs consolidation https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-d6W2LEGV9mz4XK9hBmHg1FTZY_-oYxlkXKkukgSNQ/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0