The ARES Project: Network Architecture for Delivering and Processing Genomics Data

This paper shows the network solutions proposed and implemented in the framework of the project ARES. The strategic objective of ARES is to create an advanced CDN, accessible through a cloud interface, supporting medical and research systems making a large use of genomic data. The expected achievements consist of identifying suitable management policies of genomic contents in a cloud environment, in terms of efficiency, resiliency, scalability, and QoS in a distributed fashion using a multi-user CDN approach. The experimental architecture envisages the use of the following key elements: a wideband networking infrastructure, a resource virtualization software platform, a distributed service architecture, including suitable computing and storage infrastructure, a distributed software platform able to ingest, validate, and analyze high volumes of data, a software engine executing a sophisticated intelligence for workload distribution and CDN provisioning.