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Placing Data Center Storage Technology at the Tactical Edge
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mission-critical, time-sensitive, and system data. While
effective, this separation of data across drives requires a
large, physical air-conditioned space and can also create
latency issues depending on the type of data being accessed.
An Evolving U.S. Defense Strategy
The Pentagon's Joint All-Domain Command and Control
(JADC2) is a concept and directive meant to provide U.S.
armed services and allied partners with an improved ability
to detect, make sense of and act on information across all
domains. The vision to create a wholly connected military
in which information flows quickly, securely and accurately
across land, air, sea, space and cyber is set to transform the
nation's defense capabilities — and also increases the need
to place large amounts of secure, rugged and accessible
storage at the edge. For example, JADC2 will require the use
of processing- and data-intensive technology such as:
▪ Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
▪ Sensor fusion processing
▪ Signals intelligence (SIGINT) electronic warfare (EW)
▪ Big data query engines
▪ Video/image capture
▪ High-performance computing simulations
and deep learning training
▪ Log analytics, online backups, and archiving
