LSI High-Performance Storage Technology Implemented by French National Weather Forecasting Agency
November 18 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LSI Engenio 7900 HPC storage system combines reliable, high-speed
data accessibility with high-capacity drive enclosures for maximum
storage density PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
SC09 -- LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) today announced that Meteo
France, the French national weather forecasting agency, has
upgraded the performance and efficiency of its supercomputers by
implementing an SGI® InfiniteStorage 4600 storage solution based on
the LSI(TM) Engenio® 7900 HPC storage system. Meteo France collects
and stores extraordinarily large volumes of meteorological data
about Earth's oceans, atmosphere and snow cover, which are then
processed by a range of supercomputing applications including
weather, marine and pollution forecasting. Meteo France needed a
new storage solution that could handle both existing data volumes
and support data growth of 15 percent per year. The storage
solution also had to enable daily data transfers of more than 16
terabytes between disk and tape and allow users to quickly browse
through nearly ten million small files. "The faster the
supercomputer is able to write results, the more time and money we
save," said Alain Beuraud, head of HPC and Storage Department at
Meteo France. "We needed reliable, high performance storage that
could handle the enormous data volumes while also providing us with
the flexibility to store less active or older data on cheaper
media." The SGI InfiniteStorage 4600 solution, based on the LSI
Engenio 7900 HPC system technology, currently contains more than
400 terabytes of data and enables data transfer rates of up to 4
GB/s. To meet Meteo France's annual data growth rates, the system
offers initial capacity of up to one petabyte through a combination
of Fibre Channel and high-capacity SATA drive enclosures. The
system's high-density LSI Engenio DE6900 SATA drive enclosure can
house 60 3.5-inch SATA drives in a 4U space. The enclosure allows
Meteo France to more efficiently utilize its limited IT space,
enabling a 480TB system to reside within a standard 19-inch rack.
The high density offered by the DE6900 enclosure can reduce power
consumption by more than 30 percent and floor space by more than 65
percent. "LSI Engenio storage systems are trusted by leading OEMs
and end users to deliver the performance and reliability required
by the world's most demanding applications," said Steve Hochberg,
senior director, worldwide HPC segment, LSI. "The combination of
the low-cost, high-density SATA drive enclosure with the 7900 HPC
storage system provides Meteo France with exceptional
price-performance, high scalability and significant cost savings
through reduced power consumption and floor space." The Engenio
7900 HPC storage system is architected for complex and
high-bandwidth application environments that store and utilize vast
amounts of data. The system combines industry-leading performance
with advanced availability and reliability features designed to
provide continuous high-speed data accessibility and protection
across a wide range of HPC environments. Together, the 7900 HPC
system and DE6900 enclosures enable users to implement a tiered
storage solution by using both high-performance Fibre Channel
drives and low-cost, high-capacity SATA drives. The LSI Engenio
7900 HPC storage system with the DE6900 drive enclosure is
available today through select OEM partners, including SGI. More
information on the 7900 system is available at
http://www.lsi.com/7900hpc. About LSI LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) is
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