Date: 10/11/2010

PSSC Labs selects LSI's SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for its PowerWulf Cluster computing systems

LSI has announced that PSSC Labs has selected LSI 3ware 6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for integration with its PowerWulf Cluster high-performance computing (HPC) solutions.
The release states the combination of LSI 3ware 9750 series controllers and PowerWulf Clusters is designed to provide researchers in the life sciences community with a high-performance, turnkey solution capable of addressing both the computational and data capacity requirements of genome sequencing applications.

"Genome sequencing research can produce terabytes of data in a single run, putting immense pressure on computer processing power and data storage capacity," said Alex Lesser, vice president, PSSC Labs. "LSI's products are extremely reliable, easy to configure and cost effective. They are a perfect match for our specifications and the laborious requirements of our end customers."

"In genome sequencing labs, scientists are undertaking potentially life-changing research, and it is essential that their efforts are not hindered by the limitations of information technology," said Brent Blanchard, worldwide channel sales and marketing director, LSI. "LSI has a long and successful history of delivering high-performance storage solutions to government and university-based labs and private research institutions. We're excited that PSSC Labs has selected LSI 3ware RAID technologies to boost the storage capabilities of their HPC systems for life sciences research."