1. The Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) and the University of Göttingen are hosting the Scalable Storage Competition (SSC) from summer 2024 to May 2025. 2. The competition aims to enhance understanding and capabilities in high-performance computing and storage solutions. 3. Participants will have access to a real cluster hardware to optimize storage solutions for various HPC scenarios.