Boosts AI and HPC Projects for Leading Academic Institution In Tianjin

China

"QSAN XS3326D has enabled us to quickly process the larger data sets in our HPC and AI projects, giving our researchers the ability to gain new insights and develop more accurate models."

Company Biography

This leading academic institution in Tianjin is a renowned academic institution known for its cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC).

However, supporting these projects requires a robust and scalable storage solution capable of handling massive amounts of data. To meet this challenge, a leading academic institution in Tianjin turned to QSAN enterprise-grade storage solution.

Boosts AI and HPC Projects for Leading Academic Institution In Tianjin

The Challenge

Before upgrading the storage solution, the academic institution faced several challenges. First, its existing storage infrastructure was unable to keep up with the growing demands of its AI and HPC projects, leading to slow data access and processing times. Second, the lack of scalability and flexibility made it difficult for the institution to add new storage capacity as needed to handle the massive data sets generated by its research projects. Finally, the institution needed a storage solution that could provide high availability and data protection to ensure the integrity of its research data.

The Solution

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The XCubeSAN 3326D storage system provides high-performance storage support and protection for massive data for the institution's intelligent analysis platform. The hybrid flash storage array active-active solution ensures zero data loss and zero business interruption for core data operations. It realizes unified storage resource pools, providing storage space for applications such as wearable tracking and analysis systems, spatiotemporal behavior analysis systems, VR spatiotemporal behavior analysis systems, human-machine-environment testing cloud platforms, and facial recognition and analysis systems, achieving on-demand data flow. Normal operation of the institution's intelligent analysis platform and has received high praise from users.

QSAN provided one XCubeSAN 3326D (single configuration with 256GB cache, 8 32Gb FC interfaces, 8 10GbE interfaces, 2 management ports, and 4 12Gb SAS expansion ports) and three XD5326Ds, with a total of 104 7.68T SAS SSD hard disks configured by the user. The storage system is connected to the front-end server through two 32Gb FC switches, and the server provides virtualized server clients, providing front-end servers with bandwidth of no less than 12.8GB/S and high performance of 1.3 million IOPS.

XCubeSAN 3326D storage system

The Benefits

After deploying QSAN storage solution, the academic institution saw significant improvements in its AI and HPC projects. The institution was able to process larger data sets more quickly, enabling its researchers to gain new insights and develop more accurate models. The solution's high availability and data protection features also provided peace of mind to the institution's IT staff, who no longer had to worry about data loss or downtime.

Finally, the solution's scalability and flexibility allowed the institution to continue expanding its storage capacity to handle the massive data generated by its research projects.