How will collected data be stored over the short and long run?
The project developed a customized DNA Analysis Repository (DAR), a central database solution that manages electronic DNA data for the Genographic Project. Housed at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., the DAR leverages IBM information management software to manage DNA data collected from Genographic Project investigators worldwide. Data from the system is stored on a second IBM storage system. In collaboration with National Geographic, IBM also helped develop a field-collection solution, which comprises a remote system used by Genographic Project scientists worldwide to record phenotypic data regarding the physical DNA samples gathered in the field. Scientists access the field-collection system through ThinkPad notebook computers equipped with a customized biometric fingerprint security application. The information technology infrastructure provides secure transmission, storage and management of hundreds of thousands of DNA records and effective communication with th
The project developed a customized DNA Analysis Repository (DAR), a central database solution that manages electronic DNA data for the Genographic Project. Housed at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., the DAR leverages IBM information management software to manage DNA data collected from Genographic Project investigators worldwide. Data from the system is stored on a second IBM storage system. In collaboration with National Geographic, IBM also helped develop a field-collection solution, which comprises a remote system used by Genographic Project scientists worldwide to record phenotypic data regarding the physical DNA samples gathered in the field. Scientists access the field-collection system through ThinkPad notebook computers equipped with a customized biometric-fingerprint security application. The information technology infrastructure provides secure transmission, storage, and management of hundreds of thousands of DNA records and effective communication with t
