MIT SuperCloud

The “big data” problem is pervasive across the DoD and is most commonly characterized by the three “Vs” of big data: volume, velocity, and variety. Now, increasingly, a fourth “V”, veracity (i.e., security), is becoming prominent. The MIT SuperCloud project has demonstrated significant quantitative...

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Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MIT Lincoln Laboratory 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128250
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Summary:The “big data” problem is pervasive across the DoD and is most commonly characterized by the three “Vs” of big data: volume, velocity, and variety. Now, increasingly, a fourth “V”, veracity (i.e., security), is becoming prominent. The MIT SuperCloud project has demonstrated significant quantitative impact on all of these areas. A key element of the MIT SuperCloud is its database management system, which allows unlimited instances of the National Security Agency (NSA)–developed Apache Accumulo database to be deployed on a project-by-project basis. This capability has moved Lincoln Laboratory to the forefront of the DoD big data community, as Accumulo becomes an increasingly widely used database for the U.S. intelligence community.