Data Backup Digest

According to some of the latest estimates, big data is expected to surpass 160 zettabytes by 2025. With this deadline drawing near, many companies, including the global travel agency Amaedus, are beginning to examine their options for large-scale storage. Like many before them, they see a lot of benefit in the Micron SolidScale architecture.

What is the Micron SolidScale Architecture?

Micron’s SolidScale Architecture is less than a year old at the time of this writing, but it’s already making waves around the IT industry. Pioneered as a fully scalable, low-latency and high-throughput platform for data processing and storage, it’s definitely a viable solution for enterprise-level data management.

Darren Thomas, vice president of the Storage Business Unit with Micron, described the outlook concerning the SolidScale architecture and the current state of the storage market. He was quoted as saying: “We estimate that companies using NVMe SSDs deployed in application servers today are on average using less than 50% percent of their IOPS and capacity. With the new Micron SolidScale architecture, capacity is shared across application servers, unlocking capacity customers have already paid for and allowing them to do more with less—without sacrificing performance. At Micron, we consider the impact of every workload, application and environment as we design the technology, products and systems that allow our customers to deploy applications faster and scale without limits.”

Enter Amadeus

Amadeus has been in the travel business for over 30 years. They opened up their first data processing center in 1990, before the World Wide Web was even a household name, and they’ve been providing their customers with IT solutions ever since. As tech-savvy as they are, even the team with Amadeus finds it difficult to rein in the amount of data they’re generating on a daily basis.

That’s why they turned to Micron and their SolidScale architecture, including their NVMe flash arrays, for relief. Nearly 90,000 different travel agencies and sales offices currently rely on Amadeus and their proprietary Computer Reservation System, or CRS, to do business on a day-to-day basis. We’re not talking about the loss of a few websites or travel ledgers; a loss of functionality on Amadeus’ end could result in travel delays and lost profitability around the world.

For some amount of perspective, Amaedus processes billions of flights on a monthly basis. This equates to millions of requests per second; and the company currently relies on archaic 3.5-inch drives to store the bulk of their data.

Moving to a system like the Micron SolidScale architecture will achieve multiple goals. Not only will it bolster the energy efficiency of Amadeus’ infrastructure, but it also provides increased compatibility and scalability as their company continues to grow. The transition also provides greater security and accessibility across the board.

To find out more about Amadeus and any of the services they provide, please visit their official website at {{www.amadeus.com|www.amadeus.com}}. For more information about Micron, including details on their SolidScale architecture, head over to their site at {{https://www.micron.com/|www.micron.com}}.