University of Utah Accelerates Research with VAST

Overview

The Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) at the University of Utah provides advanced research computing services. The center supports hundreds of varied scientific research applications, ranging from genomics and chemistry to machine learning and computational simulations.

Solution

The University of Utah deployed the VAST AI OS to establish a scalable, all-flash storage environment. The solution unifies diverse workloads across file and object storage protocols into a single consolidated namespace to power high-performance research.

Results

VAST simplified the university's complex storage environment and drastically reduced administrative overhead. The infrastructure delivers dependable, high-throughput data access to power hundreds of diverse research applications, eliminating performance bottlenecks across clusters.