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PanFS Architecture

Extreme Flexibility and Surprising Simplicity

Panasas® PanFS® can be easily configured to meet your specific application workload and file protocol needs. The software automatically initiates, monitors, and executes common maintenance and recovery tasks, enabling true low-touch administration.

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Directflow Client Software

With a simple-to-install Panasas DirectFlow® client application, administrators can access and manage corresponding server-side components in the Director and Storage nodes. And, the client software uses a standards-compliant POSIX file system.

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Client Protocols

PanFS supports NFS and SMB/CIFS protocols allowing clients such as laptops and workstations to access the same namespace and data as Linux computer cluster clients using DIrectFlow.

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Exceptional Performance

PanFS delivers scale-out storage that transfers data between Storage Nodes and clients directly and in parallel.

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Data Protection

PanFS’s multiple layers of advanced protection – like Erasure-Coded Data Protection, snapshots, and replication – provide confidence that grows with scale.

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Linear Scalability

PanFS is designed to support linear growth, providing scalable performance, streamlined manageability, and unparalleled reliability.

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Centralized Management

One IT administrator can easily manage dozens to hundreds of terabytes of storage. Administration remains easy, even when the ActiveStor system scales to petabytes of storage capacity

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Multiple Levels of Security

Safeguarding customer data through an extensive and efficient multi-layered security approach with zero performance impact is a pillar of the Panasas PanFS architecture.

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Featured Resources

White Paper

The PanFS Data Engine Architecture

Product Brief

PanFS: The Preeminent High-Performance Parallel File System

Video

Why Scale-out NAS Can't Keep Up With HPC