Whether mapping the human genome, imaging the earth's substructure to find new energy reserves, designing efficient automobiles and aircraft, or generating the latest blockbuster animated film, data-intensive HPC applications are placing immense pressure on computing and data storage environments. Linux clusters have evolved as the preferred computational solution in these environments. To generate true business value from these cluster computing advances, organizations require a scalable, easy-to-manage and cost-effective way to administer the large datasets at the core of these HPC simulations.

The Panasas ActivStor Parallel Storage Cluster accelerates time to results with storage solutions for HPC in Government R&D, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Higher Education & Research, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, and emerging Commercial markets.

Government R&D HPC and large datasets are at the core of many nation's most pressing technology challenges, including climate modeling, energy research, bio-medical advances, national defense, and homeland security.

Oil & Gas The ability to leverage HPC and storage for rapid analysis of large, complex seismic surveys influences capital decisions for oil and gas exploration in today's energy markets.

Manufacturing Current development of automobiles, aircraft, and other manufactured products are increasingly engineering-driven with leverage of CAE simulations and data management with HPC systems and storage.

Higher Education and Research Cost-effective Linux computing is fueling new developments in e-business, financial management, and related data-intense HPC applications with demanding storage requirements.

Life Sciences Analysis of growing genomic and proteomic datasets and data-intensive HPC and storage demands of molecular modeling and simulation drive new approaches for future medical advances.

Media & Entertainment The digital media revolution is driven by advances in HPC-driven content acquisition, management, and distribution systems of large datasets that are changing the entertainment industry landscape.