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CHIME: storing the stars on Canadian hardware

October 27, 20261 min read

Canada’s Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment keeps its radio telescope data on Storinators.

The situation

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment is a radio telescope that produces very large volumes of data.

What they did

It stores that data on 45Drives Storinator servers, featured in the 45Drives story Storing the Stars.

The result

Research-grade capacity on open hardware built in Nova Scotia.

Why it matters

If it can hold a telescope’s data, it can hold your archive.

Source: 45Drives. This organization is a 45Drives customer, not a Connex client.

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