FIPA

How can one store a gigantic quantity of multimedia data online? And how can this be done, so that this information can be reliably, safely and efficiently administered and accessed? This is the challenge for this project. The focus lies on storage, processing and the administration of the information, but does not ignore the need for an accessible architecture. Because more and more companies are sharing data with their trade partners, external employees and other target groups.

Designing and building an IP-based storage environment, capable of storing, securing and accessing the data, requires research in different areas. Examples are fibre channel and iSCSI based SANs and disk connection networks, different types and qualities of storage, as well as parallel file systems (e.g. GPFS) and grid computing.

A POC of an IP based storage environment is designed and built during the project.

Leaflet: Dutch, English