The requirements for HPC Linux clusters running batch applications are highly specialized. Typical applications include seismic data processing, simulation of complex chip designs, crash and airflow simulations, motion picture rendering and financial risk analysis. These applications frequently use very large files, often in a sequential manner, and demand high bandwidth with high capacity.

The Panasas ActiveStor 3000 parallel storage solution delivers an order of magnitude greater bandwidth than leading alternatives and provides an ideal solution for Linux clusters running batch-type applications. The industry’s leading solution for HPC cluster environments is further enhanced with the third generation of the Panasas ActiveScale operating environment. The new 1.5 TB StorageBlades enable 15 TB per shelf and 150 TB in the footprint of a single 42U rack, allowing an ActiveStor Storage Cluster to easily scale to Petabytes of capacity. Fully prewired and tested integrated rack systems simplify installation and offer full RoHS compliance to meet the strictest hazardous materials requirements worldwide.

The third generation of the industry leading parallel storage solution for high performance computing brings additional capabilities to the Panasas ActiveStor parallel clustered storage systems. Recent enhancements to the object-based file system and memory architecture significantly improve performance, and offer even faster time to results. ActiveScale 3.0 provides many new predictive self-management features that make it the most robust storage operating environment available today. ActiveScan ensures continuous performance by monitoring the data objects, the parity, the disk media and the disk drive attributes. If a potential problem is detected, then data can be moved to other StorageBlade modules, eliminating the need for reconstruction.