Date: 21/11/2009

LSI storage devices inside Cray's supercomputer

LSI has announced that 23 LSITM Engenio 7900 HPC storage systems will be installed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) as part of a Cray supercomputing system.

The high-performance LSI storage will enable NERSC to store up to 2.7 petabytes (PB) of scientific data with a sustained data transfer rate of 25 GB/s.

"With more than 3,000 researchers, NERSC's workload stresses all aspects of the systems we deploy," said NERSC Director Kathy Yelick. "As scientific computing capabilities continue to grow, it is critical that our supporting storage infrastructure provides the performance and data protection required to enable the next big scientific breakthrough."

"LSI is proud to be providing the data storage backbone of one of the world's leading supercomputing centers," said Steve Hochberg, senior director, HPC segment, LSI. "This stands as a testament to the LSI Engenio 7900 HPC system's performance and high reliability, and we're honored to play an integral role in the important scientific research conducted at this premier government facility."

The LSI Engenio 7900 HPC system combines bandwidth and flexible host connectivity, including InfiniBand and 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel, with scalability up to 480 drives and advanced reliability features. The system is designed to provide HPC facilities with continuous high-speed data accessibility and protection across a wide range of HPC workloads.

Availability: The full Cray supercomputing solution is expected to go into production in late 2010.

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