Major Canadian University
Backup & Recovery for High Performance Computing
Backup and recovery solution for large-scale 90PB sensitive research data servicing nation-wide research community.

The Challenge
- Meeting the backup and recovery requirements for over 90 PBs of sensitive data from High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications.
- Ability to recover data in minutes.
- Meet low-cost requirements over 5-year period
The Solution
- GlassHouse Systems delivered a backup solution using IBM enterprise class tape technology with IBM disk storage for highly accessible data.
- Enterprise class backup solution, IBM Spectrum Protect deployed using IBM Power Systems to deliver robust server platform.
Benefits
- Enterprise class backup capable of accommodating hundreds of terabytes
- Ease of scalability
- Lowest cost per TB

" The backup and recovery solution deployed and architected by GlassHouse Systems using IBM components has been deployed to university compute centers across Canada. "
- CIO