Case Study: NASA Stennis Space Center achieves continuous high availability and faster rocket testing with DataCore Software

NASA Needs High Availability and Performance for Rocket Testing

The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), a NASA rocket-propulsion test facility, faced a mission‑critical storage challenge: ensure continuous availability and high performance for costly engine tests that require systems to be up 72 hours before, during and after each run. ASRC Federal served as the systems integrator and turned to DataCore, deploying SANsymphony virtualization software to meet SSC’s need for fast, fail‑safe, software‑defined storage.

DataCore implemented SANsymphony with caching, synchronous mirroring, SSD acceleration and comprehensive reporting to virtualize over 265 TB across 180+ VMs. The result: continuous availability for mission‑critical apps, faster response times, easier capacity management, hardware independence and simpler migrations—protecting investments and reducing risk and operational cost while enabling the center to reliably run its high‑stakes rocket tests.

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Lamar Nicholson

Storage & Virtual Environment Architect