JAXA ISAS doubles storage with Dell PowerScale deployment

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) announced it doubled storage capacity by deploying Dell PowerScale; the system became operational in April 2025.

• Deployment details: ISAS upgraded its Scientific Satellite Data Processing System using Dell PowerScale A300 with PowerScale P100 accelerator nodes; the new system became operational in April 2025 and doubled the archive’s storage capacity while maintaining performance. The upgrade uses InsightIQ for visibility and PowerScale data protection to support continuous operations.
• Background and efficiency metrics: The deployment leveraged PowerScale features including SmartDedupe (reported to reduce stored data by roughly 30%). ISAS (part of JAXA) will explore generative AI and advanced data analysis on the platform; the article is a Dell Technologies customer story (a previous Japanese version was published at the provided Dell blog link).