Strayer CIS512 Week 6 Case Study 2 How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami

CIS 512 Week 6 Case Study 2 How
Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami
Case Study 2: How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami?
Due Week 6 and worth 100 points
Astronomers collect and generate petabytes of data. The volume of
data is currently growing at a rate of 0.5 PB per year. The projections
indicate that by 2020, more than 60 PB of archived data will be available to
astronomers. Read the paper, “How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data
Tsunami?”, located in Week 6 of the online course shell.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Analyze and assess the performance degradation issues highlighted
in the case study. Evaluate the archival techniques that are outlined in the
study, such as cloud storage. Determine why they are not able to handle the
growth of the archived data. Evaluate the emerging technologies, such as
clustering, discussed in the case study, which could be applied to the data
archival problem. Evaluate the proposed methods, such as GPUs (Graphics
Processing Units), of reducing the potentially huge computational and financial
costs resulting from archiving data. Use at least three (3) quality resources
in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as
quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page
length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Summarize the different types of data storage technology. Use
technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise
architecture. Write clearly and concisely about Advanced Computer Architecture
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.