Case Study: Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing achieves a scalable, cost‑efficient hybrid cloud for faster research with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Cornell’s Red Cloud a Model for the Future of Research

Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing needed a scalable, on-demand computing platform to support diverse scientific research while controlling costs and fitting the center’s cost‑recovery model. Researchers were increasingly turning to public clouds but faced potential cost overruns, so Cornell partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build Red Cloud using HPE Helion Eucalyptus as a hybrid, subscription‑based solution that delivers elastic resources with accounting and allocation controls.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise delivered an HPE Helion Eucalyptus‑powered hybrid cloud that lets researchers burst to public clouds, provides more memory per core at lower cost than many public providers, and avoids CPU oversubscription while offering 10‑Gb connectivity and no network egress fees. The Red Cloud deployment has grown for five years, enabled cost recovery and reduced capital and refresh spending by eliminating underused on‑premises hardware, supported HIPAA‑compliant workloads, and helped secure an NSF award for the Aristotle Cloud Federation—demonstrating measurable savings and a scalable model for academic research.

Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing

David Lifka

Director