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Accelerate: Academic, Scientific and Industrial Research DDN Storage Empowers Pawsey Supercomputing Center to Speed Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Secrets of the Universe
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
适用行业
- 教育
- 航天
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 商业运营
用例
- 预测性维护
- 边缘计算与边缘智能
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 数据科学服务
挑战
位于西澳大利亚珀斯的 Pawsey 超级计算中心是南半球最强大的设施之一。它支持射电天文学、能源资源和工程学领域的科学突破。在任何给定时刻,都有超过一千名科学家依靠 Pawsey 最先进的设施进行数据密集型研究、复杂模拟和高级可视化。该中心还在开创性的平方公里阵列 (SKA) 项目中发挥着关键作用,该项目专注于建造下一代射电望远镜,它将比当今最先进的望远镜更灵敏、更强大,以令人难以置信的深度和速度勘测宇宙。SKA 项目将从数千个连接的天线生成大量数据,为天文学家提供前所未有的宇宙形成见解。为了支持这项开创性的研究,Pawsey 必须为世界各地的科学家提供轻松访问高端计算平台和弹性、可扩展存储的权限。
关于客户
位于西澳大利亚珀斯的 Pawsey 超级计算中心是澳大利亚两个一级高性能计算 (HPC) 中心之一,也是南半球最强大的设施之一。Pawsey 支持射电天文学、能源资源和工程领域的科学突破。在任何特定时刻,都有超过一千名科学家依靠 Pawsey 最先进的设施进行数据密集型研究、复杂模拟和高级可视化。该中心还在开创性的平方公里阵列 (SKA) 项目中发挥着关键作用,该项目专注于建造下一代射电望远镜,它将比当今最先进的望远镜更灵敏、更强大,以令人难以置信的深度和速度勘测宇宙。据 Pawsey 超级计算中心执行主任 Neil Stringfellow 介绍,SKA 项目将从数千个连接在一起的天线生成大量数据,让天文学家对宇宙的形成有前所未有的洞察力。
解决方案
Pawsey 超级计算中心寻求可靠的高性能、高密度磁盘基础设施,以便能够根据需要灵活地扩展和扩展存储。能够无缝插入其他现有磁带和云存储以及后端系统非常重要,能够满足中心的各种研究需求也很重要。在权衡了所有选择标准后,Pawsey 部署了两台 DDN GS12K 存储设备,存储容量为 5 PB,支持一系列改变游戏规则的科学发现,包括沙漠火球网络 (DFN) 项目。作为首批利用新 DDN 存储的项目之一,DFN 使用摄像机跟踪火球在澳大利亚沙漠夜空中的飞行,帮助发现和回收新坠落的陨石。摄取后,该图像网络将驻留在 DDN GS12K 上。研究人员使用元数据对事件进行三角测量,以促进快速回收陨石。
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