New Filecoin Case Study: Cutting-Edge Medical Research Powered by Decentralized Storage

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As they work towards finding a cure for heart disease, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is utilizing Filecoin to safeguard and share research data. https://destor.io/victor-chang-cardiac-research-institute-case-study

Exciting use case for Filecoin. Shout out to @DSS-AL and the Distributed Storage Solutions team for making this happen!

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Problem
The instruments VCCRI uses to gather and analyze cardiovascular data are generating larger and larger data sets. For example, one SyncroPatch machine can generate 20,000 data points per day. The Institute is currently contending with how to manage the terabytes of data they’re generating on a weekly basis for years to come.

Solution
Store the Institute’s data with an independent Filecoin Storage Provider, Distributed Storage Solutions, on the world’s largest decentralized storage network.

Result
The Institute is storing 125+ TiBs of cardiac research data with Filecoin, including raw datasets from published papers consisting of thousands of images of cells & encrypted backups of their SyncroPatch machine.

Client Testimonial
“Filecoin is making a huge difference to the way we store our world research data. It provides a unique service that not only allows data from our key research projects to be stored for perpetuity, it also ensures the integrity of our research data through the use of unique content identifiers. Given that many of our projects increasingly generate huge raw data sets, this is incredibly important for the Institute. It’s also vital that we can easily and safely share open-data sets with like-minded researchers to advance heart disease research that will benefit patients the world over.” -Todd Ryman, IT Director at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute