Why not simply use my local workstation?

• Large datasets used by multiple researchers — keep in /data.
• Much greater possible throughput — cluster has 896 cores.
• Very fast IO to resilient storage based on Isilon-RI — 100 times faster than campus network uplinks to desktops.
• Infrastructure professionally managed by IT Services.
• Many applications already installed.
• Much greater support available from Research IT specialists than on local workstations.