[Bioclusters] Designing a life sciences computing facility

[James Cuff]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, chris dagdigian wrote:

> I started to reply but Joe hit it on the head exactly :) The key is to
> overbuild the physical facility, network core and storage/backup
> infrastructure. The compute systems can be aquired and scaled far more
> easily than the foundation stuff.

Joe speaks the truth.  We've so much been through the room that don't
scale and systems that will...

J.

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