Case Study: STFC achieves massively scalable, high-performance storage with Quobyte

STFC scales JASMIN to 42PB with Quobyte

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) needed to upgrade the storage infrastructure for its JASMIN super-data-cluster to handle massive data growth projected to reach 300PB. Their challenge was to find a storage system that was not only massively scalable and high-performance but also easy to manage and maintain. They selected the Quobyte Data Center File System to meet these demands.

Quobyte provided a unified software-defined storage platform that delivered both high-performance file and S3 object storage in a single namespace. This solution gave users flexibility in how they accessed data, enabling modern workflows and easier collaboration. For STFC, Quobyte's hardware independence allowed for deployment on commodity hardware, simplifying scaling. The operational efficiency and powerful monitoring tools made managing the large, 42PB (growing to 90PB) cluster straightforward, positioning JASMIN to meet its future 300PB storage demand.

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)