Government Business challenge Clients around the world rely on the Met Office to provide accurate weather and climate data. How could the organization enhance its ability to share forecasts while controlling costs? Transformation The Met Office adopted a hybrid cloud infrastructure, using IBM® Spectrum Scale™ to push data from an on-premises cluster based on IBM Storwize® V7000F and IBM Z® solutions to a public cloud platform. “We wanted very cost-effective storage, which we thought might rule out flash. However, the IBM Storwize V7000F gives us a 2:1 compression ratio for data so we can buy less capacity, giving us both exceptional performance and efficiency.” —Peter Chase, zLinux & Storage Specialist, Met Office Business benefits: GBP 200,000 spend avoided through storage compression Speeds sharing of accurate forecasts, helping the UK and other economies prosper >300 million weather observations ingested per day Met Office Pushing the boundaries of weather forecasting with fast, reliable sharing of meteorological data Solution components IBM® Storwize® V7000F IBM Spectrum Scale™ IBM z13® Client Name Met Office Company Background The Met Office is the UK's national meteorological service. Employing more than 1,700 people at 60 locations around the world, it is a global provider of weather and climate services. The Met Office is recognized as one of the world's most accurate forecasters, using more than 10 million weather observations a day, an advanced atmospheric model and a high-performance supercomputer to create 3,000 tailored forecasts and briefings a day. Business challenge Clients around the world rely on the Met Office to provide accurate weather and climate data. How could the organization enhance its ability to share forecasts while controlling costs? The benefit GBP 200,000 spend avoided through storage compression. Speeds sharing of accurate forecasts, helping the UK and other economies prosper. >300 million weather observations ingested per day. Pull Quote “We wanted very cost-effective storage, which we thought might rule out flash. However, the IBM Storwize V7000F gives us a 2:1 compression ratio for data so we can buy less capacity, giving us both exceptional performance and efficiency.” —Peter Chase, zLinux & Storage Specialist, Met Office Solution components IBM® Storwize® V7000F IBM Spectrum Scale™ IBM z13® Case study Link https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/met-office-systems-hardware-hybrid-cloud-flash The Met Office is the UK's national meteorological service. Employing more than 1,700 people at 60 locations around the world, it is a global provider of weather and climate services. The Met Office is recognized as one of the world's most accurate forecasters, using more than 10 million weather observations a day, an advanced atmospheric model and a high-performance supercomputer to create 3,000 tailored forecasts and briefings a day. Share this