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High-Performance Data Infrastructure Modernization
Digital Compass partnered with VAST Data to help this customer modernize its high-performance data infrastructure supporting large-scale scientific research and analytics.
Project Scope
$1.2M
High-performance storage modernization initiative
Support
for tens of petabytes of scientific sensor data
HPC
(High-Performance Computing) and research data environment transformation
Challenge
The customer’s existing parallel file system supporting HPC workloads was approaching end-of-support and experiencing reliability issues. The organization needed a modern replacement quickly while balancing budget limitations and evaluating increasingly complex storage solutions on the market.
The environment also required scalable, high-performance access to massive scientific datasets while supporting FAIR data principles, ensuring data remained findable, accessible, operable, and reusable for the broader scientific community.
Solution
Digital Compass conducted a technical assessment and solution evaluation process that helped this customer identify the right long-term architecture for its research environment. The engagement included solution workshops, TCO analysis, budget guidance, and phased investment planning aligned to available funding cycles.
Digital Compass ultimately implemented a VAST Data platform that consolidated their tiered storage architecture into a unified high-performance environment, simplifying data access workflows while improving scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Outcomes
Reduced overall data footprint by 38%
Simplified researcher workflows and eliminated complex data staging processes
Enabled phased adoption aligned to budget constraints
Modernized HPC storage infrastructure with scalable high-performance architecture
Improved accessibility and management of large-scale scientific datasets
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