*New* HPC Zone

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With the rapid growth in data, the past decade has witnessed a proliferation of powerful parallel and distributed systems and an ever increasing demand for practice of High Performance Computing (HPC). It has moved into the mainstream of computing and has become a key technology in determining future IT activities in many industries, especially when the solutions of large and complex data problems need to cope with very tight timing schedules.

This year Storage Expo has a dedicated area for company's that offer high performance computing solutions, and the area is called the HPC Zone. The solutions showcased will address the profound challenges that the different industries face when dealing with large amounts of data.

High performance environments continually test the limits of technology, requiring peak performance from your computing equipment—including your storage. To keep up with rapid advancements in data processing, high performance environments need to expect the same efficacy from their storage to meet any of your performance, growth and environmental needs. HPC storage solutions address many of the challenges in high performance environments:

Data growth. Annual average data growth rates of 50% to 100% challenge you by continually reaching the boundaries of your existing data storage. As data grows, so does your need for storage space. When adding storage, you either lose precious data center real-estate or have to explore equipment consolidation or relocation options.

Constant change. Your HPC environment is constantly changing, and there are always hang-ups along the way. Rigid storage solutions can provide limited manageability and adaptability, hampering your ability to quickly change. Finding flexible, scalable solutions can help prevent disturbances and help you to push the boundaries of your computational objectives

Cost. Budgets are continually stretched thin by the increasing number of appliances and the energy required to keep them powered. Intelligent and power-efficient storage can help minimize the impact data growth has on your budget, and media formats such as tape have been identified as the most cost-effective media for storing mass quantities of data.

Obsolescence. Storage is no exception when the issue of technological longevity surfaces. In HPC, the storage technology roadmap is an important consideration to make when examining the future of the storage medium, and if it will progress in parallel with the areas of capacity, performance, and manageability.