Hitachi Data Systems announced that researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are using the Hitachi Content Archive Platform to search and retrieve archived scientific data about the atmosphere more quickly than ever before. An integral component of the Hitachi Services Oriented Storage Solutions strategy, the Hitachi Content Archive Platform delivers the Ozone Monitoring Instrument Data Processing System (OMIDAPS) project at NASA high-performance, highly scalable archiving services that ensure the secure, long-term preservation and fast search and retrieval of valuable information.
With the increased focus on environmental issues such as global warming, it is critical that NASA researchers get access to important data on global environmental conditions. To ensure that researchers could retrieve critical information in a secure and timely manner, NASA chose to improve its aging storage system that stored frequently-requested data and less frequently accessed files. NASA researchers needed a system that took less time to retrieve data, could withstand system failures without data loss and prevent operators from inadvertently deleting data. NASA selected the Hitachi Content Archive Platform to consolidate views and expedite retrievals for 70 terabytes of data. Based in Greenbelt Md. , OMIDAPS gathers scientific data in relation to the Earth's atmospheric composition. This archived information is used in the study of the ozone layer and in diagnosing the planet's current climate change. The bulk of the archive will also be used to store test data created by another NASA-affiliated group, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), as part of its efforts in monitoring global environmental conditions.
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