Modern HPC systems produce an ever increasing amount of data. Conventional storage solution are often no longer able to store all the data with good performance: In local storage environments that evolved over time, the computation data is usually passed back and forth between different file servers. This slows down data handling. To make matters worse, users following-up and preparing calculations need to regard workflows with unnecessary complexity and error rate.

The solution for this scenario: centralize the HPC data management. Depending on the given requirements, different approaches are reasonable. Sometimes you achieve your objective by deploying an appliance and some other time it is more reasonable to utilize parallel file systems.

We advise you, we design a customized HPC storage solution tailored to your demands and we implement it in your environment to ensure that you can use it productively right away.

Your benefit

• High-performance HPC storage solution for Linux and Windows
• Scalable systems for large storage requirements
• Optimum data flow and overcoming unnecessary data transfers
• Open-source or commercial solutions depending on your preferences and requirements
• Consulting, solution design and implementation by experienced HPC experts

Our portfolio

Consulting

• Analyzing your environment
• Identifying storage bottlenecks
• Finding possible solutions to optimize your storage environment
• Designing storage solutions

Implementation

• Selecting hardware components
• Setting up storage networks
• Installing and configuring the storage solution plus connecting the clients
• Migrating the data, creating and optimizing workflows
• Backup strategies

Our expertise

• Many years of experience in designing and operating HPC solutions and distributed systems
• Comprehensive knowledge about workflows and I/O requirements of HPC applications
• In-depth knowledge of storage concepts (backup, replication, etc.)
• Profound know-how in network technologies (InfiniBand, Fibre Channel)
• Expertise in I/O access paths: operating systems, debugging, performance analysis
• Expert knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of different file systems (performance, stability, potential sources of errors, etc.)