Computer Resources

Dr. Kardia heads up the development of an impressive array of software tools for genetic analysis.

• Kardia Lab Software
  

Dr. Kardia has a private network spanning her offices. This network is comprised of: 

• 20+ lab workstations run Windows XP, each equipped with at least 2.8GHz Intel processor and 1GB of RAM, usually 3GB.
  

• 1 IBM x365 Server has two 2.7 GHz Intel Xeon SMP processors, 2GB of RAM, ServeRAID 6M SCSI Controller with 256MB Cache and 375 GB SCSI drives. It runs Redhat Linux Enterprise AS3 and IBM DB2 data warehouse edition for data management and statistical analysis.

• 4 Dell PowerEdge 1950 with 2x Quad-core Intel Zeon running at 2.83GHz with 16GB of RAM are used as scientific computation servers.
  

• 2 Dell PowerEdge 1950 with 2x Quad-core Intel Zeon running at 1.60GHz with 8GB of RAM are used as scientific computation servers as well as storage servers, each with a Dell MD3000 connected. One MD3000 has 15x 15000 RPM 300GB SAS disks while the other has 15x 7200 RPM 1TB SATA disks.
  
• 1 Dell PowerVault TL2000 tape library with one LTO4 drive is connected to one of the Dell PE1950s and used for daily data backup.
  

• 1 Sun Microsystems StorEdge L9 tape backup device, which is directly connected and controlled by one of the Sunfire servers. This tapeloader could be used for nightly backup of the 2 Sunfire servers and the Linux server.

• Presentation quality color graphics can be produced from the Hewlett-Packard 4700DN or 4550DN Color LaserJet Printer, and monochrome Hewlett-Packard 4050N or 8150N Laser Printer.
  

• This private network is connected via FreeBSD Firewall/Router, to the University of Michigan School of Public Health network. This Firewall/Router allows for tight security yet efficient accessibility with any of her collaborators.

• Dr. Kardia also has a dedicated email server directly connected to the University of Michigan School of Public Health network.