High-Performance Computing
From national laboratories and research universities to defense agencies, HPC environments generate massive data volumes. Spectra Logic delivers exabyte-scale archives that support, protect, and preserve the world’s most data-intensive workloads.
One of the great challenges of our experiments is the management and processing of the vast amounts of data generated. Our Spectra TFinity tape systems help us address this unprecedented multi-petabyte data-processing challenge by ensuring data is preserved and accessible in the long term.
High-Performance Archival for Data at Scale
Whether driven by government-funded research, compliance mandates, or national defense-level data security requirements, global HPC organizations rely on flexible multi-tier storage. Spectra uniquely integrates tape, disk, and object tiers to provide performance, cost, and protection.
Customer Success Stories
The University of Utah Center for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) reduced backup storage costs to just $7/terabyte and slashed power consumption.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) relies on Spectra Logic tape libraries to securely archive the massive volumes of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider.
The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre processes and stores data from worldwide experiments such as the Square Kilometer Array Observatory, which archives 700 PB per year.
The Challenge
HPC data growth is accelerating, fueled by advanced modeling, AI/ML, and sensor-driven research.
On-premises infrastructure remains essential for maintaining performance, controlling costs, and ensuring data sovereignty.
Flexibility, reliability, and capacity are non-negotiable for mission-critical HPC workloads in national labs, universities, and defense.
The Solution
Spectra delivers multi-tier, exabyte-scale storage solutions engineered for longevity, scalability, operational and cost efficiency, to protect and preserve research and discovery data for today and tomorrow.
TFinity® tape libraries are engineered for the world’s largest data environments, offering ultimate density and resilience.
Spectra BlackPearl® Object Gateway automates and simplifies data management across tape, disk, and cloud — ensuring data is always in the right place.
Together, this infrastructure offers long-term protection, hybrid access, and the ability to grow without compromising speed or control. For HPC teams handling petabytes to exabytes of critical data, Spectra delivers solutions designed to last.
Benefits
Exabyte-Capacity Storage
Achieve scalable, high-performance storage for demanding HPC workflows with the Spectra TFinity® Plus and OSW-2400 Optical SAS Switch. Built to expand seamlessly over decades, these solutions offer enduring reliability to support evolving research and growing computational needs.
Energy-Efficient, Space-Optimized Infrastructure
Reduce power, cooling, and space demands with TFinity® tape libraries, the industry’s most scalable and energy-efficient storage platform. Delivering high-density capacity with low power consumption, TFinity enables long-term data retention in space- and power-sensitive HPC environments.
Resilient Data Protection with Air-Gapped Security
Safeguard mission-critical data from cyber threats with TFinity tape libraries and Spectra BlackPearl® Object Gateway. Air-gapped architectures and automated, policy-based replication ensure secure, immutable, and unmatched protection for research, defense, and national laboratory environments.
Intelligent Library Management & Operational Insight
Enhance visibility and efficiency across dynamic HPC sites with LumOS library management software for Spectra libraries. The modern, browser-based interface streamlines monitoring, configuration, and analytics — and integrates with tape connectivity options to simplify deployment and elevate performance.
Spectra Partners with the Best in the Industry
With the Versity® NAS Solution, Spectra enabled Der Spiegel to accommodate growing content volumes and changing access requirements.
With the Arcitecta® Mediaflux® platform and Spectra BlackPearl, the Hutchison/ MRC Research Centre reduced storage costs by 60%.
Spectra and Globus enabled the USD Research Computing Group at the University of South Dakota to access all storage targets through one single interface.
Start your journey
Archive today. Access tomorrow. Preserve forever.
Preserve what matters with reliable, cost-effective archiving designed to endure.
