StarGate Demo at SC09 Shows How to Keep Astrophysics Data Out of Archival "Black Holes"
Reserved Bandwidth on ESnet Makes Possible Mulit-Gigabit Streaming Between Argonne, SC Conference in Portland
November 20, 2009
Contact: Jon Bashor, jbashor@lbl.gov, 510-486-5849
PORTLAND, Ore.—As both an astrophysicist and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Mike Norman understands two common perspectives on archiving massive scientific datasets. During a live demonstration at the SC09 conference of streaming data simulating cosmic structures of the early universe, Norman said that some center directors view their data archives as "black holes," where a wealth of data accumulates and needs to be protected.
