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CERN Leverages IBM Technology for Massive Data Management
Overview
CERN Leverages IBM Technology for Massive Data ManagementIBM |
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Operational Impact
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager solution provides exceptional scalability, performance, and reliability, enabling CERN to rely on the solution to restore its facilities and bring service back to its running state quickly. The primary value of the high-energy physics computing effort at CERN is its ability to capture, store and process data on such a massive scale, both now and as data volumes multiply exponentially over the next decade with planned upgrades to the LHC. The more reliability and stability the system has, the less manual intervention is needed, which is critical for CERN to be able to afford to run the operation. The long-standing collaboration between CERN and IBM has resulted in a large fraction of CERN's storage being based on IBM solutions. | |
Quantitative Benefit
IBM tape media accounts for approximately 50 percent of the organization’s tape volume. | |
The LHC generates more than 25 petabytes of data in the four main LHC experiments. | |
CERN manages a data archive of 100 petabytes, a volume that nearly doubles as 13 large data centers worldwide receive partial copies of the data. | |