SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 9, 2004 — Panasas, Inc., the leader in object-based storage for scalable Linux clusters, today announced that the Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster won the "Excellence in Cluster Technology Award" in the Storage Solutions category at the 2004 ClusterWorld Conference and Expo. The judging panel included cluster technology experts from the National Science Foundation, Duke University, Lockheed-Martin, Indiana University, the Moscow Joint Supercomputing Center and ClusterWorld Magazine.
"We're honored to receive this prestigious award," said Garth Gibson, CTO and co-founder of Panasas. "This award highlights the Panasas Storage Cluster's ability to overcome today's storage management and performance challenges, unlocking the full potential of Linux clusters."
"The Panasas approach of optimizing and integrating hardware and software to create a high performance I/O solution is unique in the HPC cluster market," said Douglas Eadline, Editor-In-Chief of ClusterWorld Magazine.
The Excellence in Cluster Technology Award recognizes the breakthroughs in clustering technology that have reshaped the IT landscape in recent years and brought supercomputing power to new markets. The Panasas Storage Cluster is the premier storage system for scalable Linux clusters. Built on an object-based storage architecture, it delivers exceptional scaling in capacity and record-setting performance while simplifying management. It is the first storage system optimized for Linux cluster computing environments.
About Panasas
Formed in 2000, Panasas, Inc. (www.panasas.com) is the pioneering leader in object-based storage clustering for scalable Linux clusters. Panasas offers a networked storage solution that eliminates the inherent scalability bottlenecks in capacity and performance experienced by traditional networked storage systems. The system, based on industry standards, is designed to easily and cost-effectively integrate into existing IT environments. The company's headquarters are in Fremont, CA with development facilities in Pittsburgh, PA and Houston, TX.
