Oceanbox is a Norwegian SaaS company specializing in ocean intelligence. They operate within the marine data industry, providing high resolution modeling, forecasting, and simulation services to help organizations understand sea behavior. Their market includes maritime, environmental, and research organizations, especially those that depend on accurate ocean insights for planning, operations, and long term decision making.
Oceanbox’s mission is to make ocean intelligence accessible and reliable for everyone who depends on the sea. They focus on delivering accurate modeling, forecasting, and simulation tools that turn complex marine dynamics into useful insight. Their goal is to support maritime, environmental, and research organizations in making informed decisions, improving safety, and understanding ocean behavior across Norway and globally.
Oceanbox manages enormous amounts of data to support high-resolution ocean simulations. The increasing data volume posed challenges in processing speed and system performance, impacting real-time forecasting.
Existing infrastructure struggled to keep pace with growing workloads, limiting the ability to scale efficiently and support more complex simulations and larger datasets across the platform.
The team needed deeper insights into how their data was stored and managed, especially for object placement and storage balancing, to optimize performance and prevent bottlenecks during expansion.
Edge cases and specific performance scenarios revealed gaps in their system’s ability to handle unexpected or complex situations, risking system reliability under pressure and sustained load.
To deepen their understanding of Ceph and strengthen their infrastructure, Oceanbox partnered with 42on for tailored training and expert consultancy. This included hands-on labs and strategic guidance on managing large datasets and optimizing storage systems, enabling them to handle increasing data volumes confidently.
42on helped Oceanbox implement a more efficient architecture for their Ceph environment, focusing on better object placement and storage management. This approach improved system resilience, performance, and scalability, allowing Oceanbox to process data faster and more reliably across all their demanding operational workflows.
Oceanbox now manages Ceph with greater confidence, understanding its workings deeply. They can handle complex scenarios internally without external help, reducing downtime and dependency on external support.
The new infrastructure allows higher data ingestion speeds, saving time and enabling faster insights for their users. This results in more timely ocean forecasts and simulations with improved overall accuracy.
The platform now supports future growth with a robust, scalable architecture that can accommodate more data and complex models without adding significant complexity or overhead for the engineering team.
The collaboration reinforced Oceanbox’s open-source approach and laid a solid foundation for future expansion, including more direct RADOS usage and multi-cluster setups, ensuring long-term growth and innovation.
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