Supercomputing 2014—SanDisk
Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK),
a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced that the University
of Michigan and University
of Victoria (CA) are utilizing SanDisk’s
Fusion ioMemory solutions to fuel their multi-site supercomputing
project, which helps them dramatically reduce the server footprint
needed to transmit enormous datasets. Working in conjunction with the
CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, teams of high-energy physicists
at each university are using flash memory to push the limits of network
technology, transferring approximately 170 petabyte datasets from the
Large Hadron Collider to research centers around the world. By utilizing
Fusion ioMemory solutions, the universities can accelerate access to
data, allowing physicists to expedite the potential discovery of new
particles and forces that will help explain the nature of the universe.
The ATLAS and CMS supercomputing projects are two of the six particle detector experiments currently being constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located in Geneva, Switzerland. ATLAS will be 46 meters long and 25 meters in diameter, and will weigh about 7,000 tons. (Photo: Business Wire)
“SanDisk is thrilled to be working with the teams at the University of
Michigan and University of Victoria to help fuel their success by
providing fast, cost-effective and highly scalable flash solutions to
increase data access,” said Sumit Sadana, executive vice president and
chief strategy officer, SanDisk. “By utilizing flash technology, the
researchers can cost effectively transfer massive amounts of data over
long distances, ultimately enabling them to reach new discoveries
faster.”
In 2015, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider—which discovered the Higgs boson
in 2012—will start colliding elements at the highest energies ever
achieved in a particle accelerator. With this in mind, the physicists at
the Universities of Michigan and Victoria needed to create a data
transfer architecture based upon a single server that was able to
transfer figures across 100 computing centers around the world at
100-gigabit/second speeds. Working with Fusion ioMemory solutions, the
teams were able to deploy a single server storage environment that
delivered massive data transmissions, eliminating the need for a
multi-server configuration, significantly reducing complexity, cost, and
points-of-failure. The solution allows researchers to quickly access and
analyze their data thereby speeding discoveries.
“The ATLAS and CMS supercomputing projects are very large international
projects, each involving approximately 3,000 researchers and most of the
world’s countries. These are long term projects—they started 20 years
ago and will continue for another 20+ years,” said Randall Sobie,
Institute of Particle Physics Research Scientist and Professor at
University of Victoria. “My colleagues and I are proud and excited that
we have now found a way to accelerate the discoveries made for each of
these projects with the help of flash memory solutions from SanDisk.
This is a prime example of how SanDisk helps customers meet their goals
by enabling fast, reliable access to mission-critical data.”
At SuperComputing 2014, the team of physicists under the leadership of
Professor H. Newman of Caltech, will leverage Fusion ioMemory solutions
to transfer data over the wide-area network (WAN) located at the
University of Victoria, to the WAN in the University of Michigan booth
(#3569), via the Caltech booth (#3115).To experience these environments
first hand, stop by their booths for a live demo. Additional information
about Fusion ioMemory solutions can be found on the company’s
website or enterprise
blog.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company,
is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 25 years,
SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and
innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry.
Today, SanDisk’s quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of
many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced
smartphones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available
at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more
information, visit www.sandisk.com.
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