Network Appliance Chosen to Support Critical Deep-Space Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory NetApp(R) Storage Solutions Enable Synchronization, Storage, and Public Access to Archived Data
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 1, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP chart, msgs), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built, is upgrading and expanding its network infrastructure with Network Appliance(TM) storage solutions. The solution enables on-demand public access to massive amounts of astrophysical research information and data from the observatory's networked archive, enabling people around the globe to experiment and explore newly discovered corners of deep space.
The Chandra X-ray Center, which provides public access to its archive of data, receives and records observations of X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe via the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Telescope. The Chandra X-ray Observatory accumulates massive volumes of data with each experiment, placing network scalability and reliability as foremost concerns in a high-growth condition. The multiterabyte NetApp F840 is the ideal solution to support the complex data used for scientific research.
"Data security and availability are vital to scientific and governmental institutions, and enterprise business initiatives," said Ray Villeneuve, vice president of strategic marketing at Network Appliance. "NASA's Chandra X-ray Center is responsible for gathering and processing massive amounts of data for public consumption and as such must have the storage architecture that supports immediate data-access with minimal downtime."
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This center-to-edge(TM) solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.
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