Published on 02-Oct-2009
"Our new System z9 server and upgraded storage solution have enabled us to ensure continued availability and reliability of our data archive for years to come." - Vladislav Shaymardanov, World Data Center
Customer:
Russian Hydrometeorological Research Institute – World Data Center
Industry:
Government
Deployment country:
Russian Federation
Solution:
Digital Media, Enterprise Content Management, IT/infrastructure, Linux
Overview
The Russian Hydrometeorological Research Institute – World Data Center is the world’s largest publicly available archive for hydrometeorology monitoring data.
Business need:
The organization receives more than 200 GB of new weather monitoring data each day and maintains over 1.5 petabytes of data. They also store archives on a variety of media, including paper. The organization needed a new mainframe and storage solution that would enable them to collect, process, store and share all information digitally.
Solution:
World Data Center implemented an IBM System z9® server running IBM z/VM® and Linux®. It features Integrated Facility for Linux and is connected to multiple IBM System Storage™ components. IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, IBM Content Manager OnDemand, and IBM DB2® support data management. Custom applications on the z9 server copy digital content from original documents.
Benefits:
The IBM solution consolidates different media types and simplifies data access, manages risk by enabling backward compatibility with legacy programs, and accommodates a repository that grows by 200 GB each day.
Case Study
The Russian Hydrometeorological Research Institute – World Data Center is the world’s largest publicly available archive for hydrometeorology monitoring data. The organization receives more than 200 GB of new data each day and stores more than three million documents, providing invaluable data used in weather prediction and climate change research.
Challenge
The World Data Center maintains over 1.5 petabytes of weather monitoring data, and they receive new data each day from diverse international sources. They also store paper documents in the organization’s archives—some more than 200 years old—while other data is stored on microfilm and magnetic drives. Even with special warehousing conditions in place, they were facing data degradation issues and risked full data loss within 10 years.
Solution
Together, the World Data Center and IBM designed a new mainframe and storage solution that would enable them to collect, process, store and disseminate information digitally. The organization implemented an IBM System z9® Business Class server running IBM z/VM® and Linux®. It features Integrated Facility for Linux and is connected to IBM System Storage™ 3500 Tape Libraries with IBM System Storage TS1120 and TS1130 Tape Drives.
IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Extended Edition 5.4 supports library and data management. The information management system includes IBM Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms, IBM DB2® 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and IBM DB2 Express-C 9 data servers. Data from the servers and Content Manager OnDemand is stored on an IBM System Storage DS8300. Custom applications on the z9 server are used to copy digital content from original, fragile documents.
Benefits
- Consolidates different media types and simplifies data access
- Manages risk by enabling backward compatibility with legacy programs
- Accommodates a repository that grows by 200 GB each day
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Hardware:
IFL, Storage: DS8300, Storage: TS1120 Tape Drive, Storage: TS1130 Tape Drive, Storage: TS3500 Tape Library, System z: System z9 Business Class (z9 BC)
Software:
Tivoli Storage Manager, Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms, DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, DB2 Express-C
Operating system:
Linux, z/VM and VM/ESA
Service:
IBM Global Services
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