ACQUIFER is based in Heidelberg and provides Solutions for Big Data for your Lab. 
The solution for professional, highly efficient, secure storage and processing of large image data. ACQUIFER HIVE is designed for the pragmatic, biology-focused scientist, the HIVE platform boosts productivity in microscopy facilities and screening labs. HIVE is a High Speed Centralized Data Repository that removes the need to constantly move or duplicate data sets in processing and analysis workflows. Its modular design (CORE, DATA, NET and GPU modules) integrates high speed processing, visualization, remote access, project management, flexibility, data security, scalability and ease of use in one unit. It saves on time space, costs and administrator workload.
| HIVE CORE (starting from) | 2,2GHz 10-core CPU |
| 128 GB DDR4 RAM | |
| Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 | |
| 10 TB SSD RAID5 | |
| 500 GB NVMe SSD for page file | |
| Windows Server 2019 | |
| 2×10 Gbit/s Ethernet Adapter | |
| HIVE DATA (starting from) | Connectivity via Host Bus Adapter @ 4x 12Gbit/sec |
| Plug-and-play expansion of storage | |
| RAID6 array in 52, 78, 104 or 130 TB | |
| Server File Format for Data Safety (RAID 6) | |
| Data collection rates starting from 800 MB/s | |
| Plug-and-play Expansion of Storage | |
| Hotswap Disk Replacement | |
| HIVE NET (Starting from) | 13 Connected Devices with true 10Gbit/s |
| Security and firewall provided by router | |
| 320 Gb/s backbone | |
| Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) | |
| HIVE GPU (Starting from) | Up to 8 single or 4 double sized GPUs |
| Up to 504 TFLOPS | |
| PCIe x16 exteneder | |
| 1000 W power supply |
HIVE Modules can be combined in many combinations for even very daunting IT tasks.
| FEATURES | HIVE Modules | NAS storage | Workstation | Server | Cluster |
| Image Processing (CPU + GPU) | √ | – | √ | ? | √ |
| Basic Storage 10 / 20 TByte | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Storage Expansion Module 50 TByte | √ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Storage Expansion Module 70 TByte | √ | – | – | ? | ? |
| Storage Expansion Module 100 TByte | √ | – | – | ? | ? |
| Storage Expansion Module 130 TByte | √ | – | – | ? | ? |
| 2×48 Gbit/s fast storage connection | √ | – | – | – | – |
| On Data Visualization | √ | – | √ | ? | ? |
| Private cloud based remote secure access | √ | √ | – | – | ? |
| Private cloud project management | √ | √ | – | – | ? |
| Private cloud user management | √ | √ | – | – | ? |
| Large data set sync across WAN | √ | – | – | – | – |
| Dedicated 10 Gbit/sec network | √ | – | – | – | √ |
| Modular configuration | √ | – | – | – | – |
| Hardware secure firewall | √ | – | – | – | ? |
| Self configuring network | √ | – | – | √ | √ |
| User friendly (for non IT experts) | √ | √ | √ | – | – |
| Designed for image processing | √ | – | – | – | – |
| Silent cooling – lab ready | √ | √ | ? | – | – |
| Uninterruptible Power Supply for data safety | √ | – | – | ? | √ |
| Self healing file system | √ | √ | ? | √ | √ |
| Fastest on storage processing | √ | – | – | – | – |
| Single software license required (Zeiss/Arivis etc) | √ | – | √ | √ | – |
| Active surge protection | √ | – | – | – | – |