Case Study: University of California, Davis achieves scalable high-performance research storage with Quobyte

University of California, Davis boosts research storage performance 10x with Quobyte

The University of California, Davis faced significant storage challenges as its research data grew into the petabyte range. Its HPC Core Facility was using a fragmented mix of ZFS-based NAS systems, which created inefficient data silos, poor performance, and a heavy operational burden for its small IT team. To overcome this, they selected Quobyte's distributed parallel file system to serve as a new foundation for their research storage.

By implementing Quobyte, UC Davis consolidated its storage into a single, high-performance data lake. The solution delivered a tenfold increase in data read speeds compared to their legacy systems and eliminated storage silos, which led to a 50% reduction in the number of HPC clusters. For the IT team, Quobyte provided effortless scalability, 100% availability with no required maintenance windows, and greatly simplified management, allowing them to easily support the university's growing research ambitions.

University of California, Davis