Panasas Introduces ActiveStor 11, Delivering Cost-Effective Parallel Storage for High Performance Computing and Big Data Workloads
By Panasas Inc., PRNESunday, June 19, 2011
SUNNYVALE, California and HAMBURG, Germany, June 20, 2011 -
- ActiveStor™ 11 Accelerates Time-To-Results for Mission
Critical Research and Analysis; Ideal for HPC Private Cloud
Deployments
Int’l Supercomputing Conference -–
high performance parallel storage for technical computing
applications and big data workloads, today announced the
ActiveStor 11 parallel storage system appliance. Powered by the
PanFS™ operating system, ActiveStor 11 seamlessly scales to 6PB of
capacity and 115GB/s of throughput from a single global namespace.
Its advanced blade architecture blends performance, capacity, and
cost-efficiency in a system optimized for data-intensive
applications where time-to-results is a critical concern.
“Our customers know that Panasas represents the ultimate in
performance, capacity and usability for computationally intensive
application environments,” said Faye Pairman, president and chief
executive officer of Panasas. “ActiveStor 11 is an attractive
solution to deliver a new level of cost effectiveness for a variety
of markets, whether deployed as part of a dedicated research
cluster or a multi-tenant private cloud platform.”
The Panasas parallel scale-out storage architecture eliminates
bottlenecks seen in traditional NAS systems, enabling HPC cluster
nodes to directly access a single, scalable file system.
Administrators can easily add new storage to the global namespace
from a single point of management in fewer than 10 minutes without
disrupting workflows. ActiveStor 11 features user quotas,
snapshots, and per-user chargeback reporting so administrators can
easily monitor and manage storage resources within their private
cloud.
“As private clouds become more pervasive, it is clear that
increasing numbers of HPC users will require highly scalable
parallel storage systems that are dependable, easy to manage, and
deliver the high throughput required for a wide range of technical
computing applications,” said Earl Joseph, IDC program vice
president for high performance computing. “The Panasas ActiveStor
11 appliance is well positioned to capitalize on this important
high performance computing trend.”
Panasas is taking orders for ActiveStor 11 and expects to start
shipping in August 2011. In addition, a 60TB configuration of the
existing ActiveStor 12 appliance is also expected to be available
in the same timeframe. Accompanying the new product introductions
is an across-the-board price reduction on all ActiveStor models.
For more information, visit
(888) PANASAS or email
About Panasas
Panasas, Inc., the leader in high-performance parallel storage
for technical computing applications and big data workloads,
enables customers to rapidly solve complex computing problems,
speed innovation and accelerate new product introduction. All
Panasas storage products leverage the patented PanFS™ storage
operating system to deliver superior performance, data protection,
scalability and manageability. Panasas systems are optimized for
demanding storage environments in the bioscience, energy, finance,
government, manufacturing, and university markets. For more
information, visit
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Panasas logo, ActiveStor, and PanFS are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Panasas, Inc. All other trademarks are property of
their respective holders.
James McIntyre of McClenahan Bruer Communications, +1-503-546-1000, panasas at mcbru.com
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