HPC Storage and Data Management: User/Vendor Perspectives and Survey Results

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • User Perspectives
    • Instrumental: HPCS I/O Requirements and Storage Issues (Henry Newman)
    • AHPCRC: Storage Systems and Requirements (Brad Blasing)
    • Army Research Laboratory Requirements (Michael Knowles)
    • Boeing: Storage Requirements (Hank Heeb)
    • General Motors: Storage Dilemma - CAE Perspectives (Sharan Kalwani)
    • NASA Ames: Columbia Data Storage and Archival Overview (Bill Thigpen)
    • NOAA/NCEP: Storage Requirements (Carol Pasti)
    • Ohio Supercomputer Center: Storage Requirements (Paul Buerger)
    • Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center: Storage Experiences (Nick Nystrom)
    • San Diego Supercomputer Center: Storage Requirements (Bryan Banister)
  • Vendor Perspectives
    • Sun/StorageTek: Future Storage Systems (Harriet Covertson)
    • Imation: Tape Technology Road Map (Yung Yip)
    • IBM: HPC File Systems and Infrastructure (Bob Curran)
    • Engenio (David Ellis)
    • Data Direct Networks (David Fellinger)
    • COPAN Systems: Scalable File Systems (Aloke Guha)
    • Cluster File Systems: Future Directions with Lustre (Jeffrey Denworth)
    • SGI: HPC Storage Experience (Rich Altmaier)
    • HP: Toward Self-Managing Storage Systems (Scott Misage)
  • IDC HPC Storage Survey Highlights
  • Table: Current I/O Constraints on Applications (% of Respondents)
  • Table: Expected I/O Constraints on Applications in the Next Three Years (% of Respondents)
  • Table: Storage Management Software Currently Installed by Product
  • Table: Ability of Current Storage Management Software to Meet Organization' s Requirements
  • Table: Importance of Storage Features
  • Table: Importance of Data Management Capabilities
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
  • Guidance for HPC Users/Buyers
  • Guidance for HPC Vendors
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis