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NIRVANIX DELIVERS AFFORDABLE, EASY-TO-MANAGE OFFSITE STORAGE FOR LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER

SAN DIEGO – March 16, 2009 – Nirvanix, the premier enterprise Cloud Storage service provider, today announced that it has been chosen as the tertiary tier of storage for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). Developed by Malin Space Science Systems and operated by Arizona State University (ASU), LROC will acquire high-resolution images of the lunar surface, providing knowledge of polar illumination conditions, identifying potential resources and hazards, and enable safe landing site selection for future missions.

Scheduled to launch in May aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), LROC will capture images of the lunar surface in both monochromatic, at 0.5 meter per pixel with the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), and multi-spectral, at 100 meters per pixel with the Wide Angle Camera (WAC).  The resulting images will be transmitted from the satellite to ASU for systematic processing, replicated to secondary high-performance storage in a separate building at ASU and then replicated to the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network (SDN).  Nirvanix provides a method for storing a tertiary copy of the data offsite by installing CloudNAS and writing a copy directly from the data-receiving servers.

“We were originally looking to implement a tape-based solution for the offsite component of our project but changed the specification to include Nirvanix as the third copy when we realized the benefits we’d gain,” said Dan Stanzione, Director – Fulton School High Performance Computing, Arizona State University.  “By not needing to worry about tape, we’ve eliminated management issues such as monitoring hardware, swapping tapes, and having to hire a service to pick them up and store them at an offsite location.  With Nirvanix, we are reassured that our tertiary copy is now online and accessible within seconds.”

It’s great to see what solutions have been developed, what benefits and concepts have been realized through technologies, particularly when their using hpc/cloud solutions. An interesting read, I’ll need to check out what Nirvanix are offering in the storage field.

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