High Performance Storage System |
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Incremental Scalability
Based on storage needs and deployment schedules, HPSS scales incrementally by adding computer, network and storage resources. A single HPSS namespace can scale from petabytes of data to exabytes of data, from millions of files to billions of files, and from a few file-creates per second to thousands of file-creates per second.
About HPSS
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HPSS Services from IBM
The High Performance Storage System is a Services Offering from IBM
Global Services - Federal (Houston, Texas). A Statement of Work and
License Agreement define the HPSS services and software provided by
IBM.
Services Offered | Description |
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Standard services offering for a single HPSS instance* for
new customers in the first year.
The operating system platforms, tape, and library devices that are supported in the standard offering are found on the HPSS Big Picture page. |
During the first year for new customers, IBM provides the
following services:
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Standard services offering for a single HPSS instance* for existing customers (second and subsequent years) |
During the second and subsequent years for existing
customers, IBM provides the following services:
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Extensions to the standard offering. |
Currently available extensions to the standard offering
include:
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Special Services |
Special arrangements can be made to obtain services that
are not currently part of the Standard or Extended
Services Offering. IBM can supply the following services as
part of a special bid arrangement. Examples of
non-standard services:
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* An HPSS instance is a single HPSS deployment with one System Manager component deployed such that all HPSS components except clients are deployed at one physical customer location. An instance may include any number of servers running HPSS servers, movers, and other components.
Come meet with us!
2022 HUF The 2022 HPSS User Forum (HUF) will be an in-person event scheduled October 24-28, 2022, in Houston, TX. Please check back for registration details. This will be a great opportunity to hear from HPSS users, collaboration developers, testers, support folks and leadership (from IBM and DOE Labs). Please contact us if you are not a customer but would like to attend. |
HPSS @ SC22 The 2022 international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis will be in Dallas, TX from November 14th through 17th, 2022 - Learn More. As we have each year (pre-pandemic), we are scheduling and meeting with customers via IBM Single Client Briefings. Please contact your local IBM client executive or contact us to schedule a HPSS Single Client Briefing to meet with the IBM business and technical leaders of HPSS. |
HPSS @ STS 2023 The 4th Annual Storage Technology Showcase has been postponed, but HPSS expects to support the event when it returns. Check out their web site - Learn More. |
HPSS @ MSST 2023 The 37th International Conference on Massive Storage Systems and Technology will be in Santa Clara, California in May of 2023 - Learn More. Please contact us if you would like to meet with the IBM business and technical leaders of HPSS at Santa Clara University. |
HPSS @ ISC 2023 ISC 2023 is the event for high performance computing, machine learning, and data analytics, and will be in Hamburg, Germany from May 21st through May 25th, 2023 - Learn More. As we have done each year (pre-pandemic), we are scheduling and meeting with folks attending the conference. Please contact us meet with the IBM business and technical leaders of HPSS. |
What's New?
Celebrating 30 Years - 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the High Performance Storage System (HPSS) Collaboration. |
HPSS 10.1 Release - HPSS 10.1 was released on September 30th, 2022 and introduces fourteen new features and numerous minor updates. |
Lots of Data - In March 2022, IBM/HPSS delivered a storage solution to a customer in Canada, and demonstrated a sustained tape ingest rate of 33 GB/sec (2.86 PB/day peak tape ingest x 2 for dual copy), while simultaneously demonstrating a sustained tape recall rate of 24 GB/sec (2.0 PB/day peak tape recall). HPSS pushed six 18-frame IBM TS4500 tape libraries (scheduled to house over 1.6 Exabytes of tape media) to over 3,000 mounts/hour. |
HPSS 9.3 Release - HPSS 9.3 was released on December 14th, 2021 and introduces eight new features and numerous minor updates. |
HUF 2021 - The HPSS User Forum was hosted virtually at no cost in October 2021. |
DOE Announces HPSS Milestone - Todd Heer, Deputy Program Lead, Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Facilities, Operations, and User Support (FOUS), announced that DOE High Performance Storage Systems (HPSS) eclipse one exabyte in stored data. |
Atos Press Release - Atos boosts Météo-France’s data storage capacity to over 1 exabyte in 2025 to improve numerical modeling and climate predictions. Want to read more? |
HPSS 9.2 Release - HPSS 9.2 was released on May 11th, 2021 and introduces eight new features and numerous minor updates. |
Capacity Leader - ECMWF (European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) has a single HPSS namespace with over 739 PB spanning over 493 million files. |
File-Count Leader - LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) has a single HPSS namespace with over 76 PB spanning 1.699 billion files. |
Older News - Want to read more? |