Case Study: Caltech achieves reliable, energy-efficient storage for NASA data with Nexsan

Caltech stores 2 PB of NASA data with Nexsan and cuts power use by up to 70%

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) required a highly reliable and power-efficient storage solution to manage over two petabytes of critical image data collected from the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope mission. To meet this challenge, Caltech partnered with vendor Nexsan to deploy its E-Series storage systems.

Nexsan implemented its storage systems featuring AutoMAID energy-saving technology, which allowed Caltech to significantly reduce power consumption. The solution delivered exceptional reliability, with Caltech reporting a 99.9% hardware reliability rate over seven years. By using AutoMAID on half of its systems, Caltech achieved up to 70% savings in power requirements without impacting performance, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership.

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