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Breaking News - Networking:
European Weather Service Deploys Force10 E-Series
Force10 Networks announced that the European Center for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF) has deployed the Force10 E-Series to increase the
reliability of its data center network. Leveraging the scalability and
predictable performance of the Force10 E-Series, the ECMWF is increasing the
speed with which it analyzes meteorological observations to forecast the
evolution of weather for up to 10 days.
"The ECMWF makes substantial use of numerical experimentation and maintains
extensive research archives for investigative studies -– bandwidth intensive
applications that require an underlying high performance network," said Matteo
Dell'Acqua, head of the Networking and Computer Security Section at the
European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. "Force10's E-Series
strengthens ECMWF by bringing a new level of network reliability that allows
us to more rapidly analyze data, simulate weather patterns and store the
results."
As the backbone of the ECMWF data center, the Force10 E600 interconnects
storage, simulation and other application subsystems in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet
network. The distributed architecture of the Force10 E-Series guarantees that
as traffic increases, the network will maintain line-rate throughput, enabling
the ECMWF to more rapidly process meteorological data with parallel
applications.
"The ECMWF works with massive amounts of data to provide an invaluable service
to European states and needs an infrastructure that can keep pace with the
increasing demands placed on it," said Michael Augustine, Force10 Networks'
country manager for the United Kingdom. "With the Force10 E600, the ECMWF
gains a reliable and scalable foundation for its data center infrastructure,
ensuring that it acts to support business objectives."
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