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MAJOR CANADIAN UNIVERSITY

Backup and recovery solution for large-scale 90PB sensitive research data servicing nation-wide research community.

Backup & Recovery for High Performance Computing

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
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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
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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