September 21, 2015
Topic: Information Technology
U-M investigators involved in data-intensive research are getting a new tool to help them store, manage and analyze large data sets.
Advanced Research Computing-Technology Services on Monday announced that a
September 21, 2015
Topic: Information Technology
U-M investigators involved in data-intensive research are getting a new tool to help them store, manage and analyze large data sets.
Advanced Research Computing-Technology Services on Monday announced that a new service, Turbo Research Storage, is available to researchers on all U-M campuses.
Turbo allows researchers to access their data in place, making real-time analysis of large data sets possible.
Researchers no longer will need to spend time and resources building their own storage or looking for solutions outside campus. Instead, they can access, process, and analyze data with Turbo, allowing them to focus on their science.
Turbo Research Storage provides scalable storage and is capable of moving data at speeds of up to 40 gigabits per second. This matches the high performance capabilities of Flux, the shared U-M computing cluster.
Turbo also gives researchers the option of two security levels, one for some types of sensitive data and one for non-sensitive data. For questions regarding use of Turbo for sensitive data, please visit the ITS Sensitive Data Guide.
"Turbo provides a solution for researchers looking to take advantage of Big Data, high performance computing, and roaming," said Brock Palen, associate direc