Case Study: Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy achieves streamlined, cost‑efficient 24/7 high‑performance research storage with Hitachi Vantara

Belgian Science Institutes Support Cutting-Edge Weather, Climate, Earth and Space Research With Hitachi Technology

The Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, part of the Space Pole research campus, faced rapidly growing volumes of satellite, weather and Earth‑science data and needed 24/7 reliable storage without overstretching public budgets. To meet strict availability and cost constraints they chose Hitachi Vantara and its storage portfolio, including Hitachi NAS Platform 4080, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, HNAS 4080 software bundle and Hitachi management tools, supported by Hitachi Vantara Global Services for implementation, training and monitoring.

Hitachi Vantara deployed a consolidated, highly redundant central storage cluster across two data centers (totaling 8 PB) with dual NAS 4080 and VSP G400 systems per site, using parallel data serving and managed services to maximize throughput and ensure rapid failover. The solution delivered streamlined management and preventive support, cutting administration time by 50%, reducing direct costs by 50%, enabling over 1,700 spindles to serve data concurrently for improved performance, and boosting researcher satisfaction and reliability for mission‑critical data.

Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

Johan Bulcke

IT Manager