Panasas to Provide Update on Parallel NFS at Forthcoming Storage Developer Conference
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Panasas, Inc., the leader in parallel clustered storage solutions for the High Performance Computing (HPC) market, today announced that the company will be presenting a development status update on parallel NFS (pNFS) at the Storage Networking Industry Association's Storage Developer Conference, to be held September 10-13, 2007 in San Jose, Calif.
In "An Update on Parallel NFS," Panasas Senior Software Architect Brent Welch will provide a high-level overview of the pNFS protocol extension to NFSv4, coupled with a description of the benefits of parallel I/O architectures for grid computing. His speech will provide audience members with an understanding of the pNFS layout driver abstraction, supporting multiple storage protocols. Welch will also compare and contrast block storage, object storage, and file servers for data storage.
The speech will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 from 2:15-3:15 p.m. PDT at the Dolce Hayes Mansion, located at 200 Edenvale Avenue in San Jose.
The SNIA Storage Developer Conference focuses on storage and file systems, and is designed for the storage development community, primarily engineers and product managers from software and hardware companies.
Copies of the speech and presentation will be provided to members of the media and analyst community by request via derekj@mcgrathpower.com.
About Panasas
Panasas, Inc., the global leader in parallel storage solutions, helps commercial, government and academic organizations accelerate their time to results leading to real world breakthroughs that improve people's lives. Panasas' high-performance storage systems enable customers to maximize the benefits of Linux clusters by eliminating the storage bottleneck created by legacy network storage technologies. The Panasas(R) ActiveStor Parallel Storage Clusters, in conjunction with the ActiveScale(R) Operating Environment and PanFS(TM) parallel file system, offer the most comprehensive portfolio of storage solutions for High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. Panasas is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. For more information, please visit http://www.panasas.com/.
Source: Panasas, Inc.
CONTACT: Cheryl Hall, +1-510-569-5087, cherylh@mcgrathpower.com, for Panasas, Inc.
Web site: http://www.panasas.com/
