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<DIV>Please join us at 2:45 at 2025 M Street for the talk on Parallel Global
Files Systems by Panasas.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>David Nagle</B> Advanced Development Architect at Panasas </DIV>
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<TD><!-- Abstract -->The Panasas Storage Cluster is a revolutionary
advance in storage technology that provides highly-scalable,
high-performance storage for Linux clusters while delivering
appliance-like storage management across the entire storage cluster. At
the heart of the Panasas storage system is the new Object-based Storage
Device (OSD) that delivers linear scalability across a wide range of
cluster applications, from scientific applications such as computational
fluid dynamics for oil and gas exploration to traditional NFS and CIFS
services. This talk will present the Panasas Storage System, beginning
with the advantages of the Object-based Storage Architecture and detailing
how the Panasas Storage Cluster achieves its high degree of scalability in
the areas of performance, capacity, manageability and
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