STFC Powers Key Environmental Research Reliably and Efficiently with FlashBlade 

JASMIN needed highly resilient storage that would provide better metadata performance for small files and where users could compile their code. With the existing large file systems, every update required require taking the home file offline, causing disruption for each user. STFC needed a separate and highly resilient solution, both for JASMIN home directories and to house compilation workloads, to:

• Govern complexities of managing a super data cluster.
• Manage workloads for rapidly increasing user base.
• Prevent updates from disrupting important environmental research.
• Create a reliable and resilient solution to ensure continuity of workload.