High-Throughput Disk Clusters for Petascale Storage

The data management and storage functions for high performance computing face significant challenges, as today’s solutions cannot provide sufficiently high-performance storage in a cost-effective, scalable manner. This project addresses this problem with a scalable next-generation clustered storage platform based on 10-Gigabit Ethernet, with hardware-accelerated offload technology that bypasses typical software bottlenecks. A hybrid architecture will combine cost-effective commodity components and technologies with custom hardware, in order to produce a scalable storage system that is capable of providing petabyte capacity with terabit connectivity. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The system should be especially well suited for sustained file transfers, visualization, data analytics, and other large-scale applications on dedicated ultra-high-speed networks such as the UltraScience Net